Exodus 22
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Exodus 22:18-28

18"You shall not permit a sorceress to live.

19"Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death.

20"Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone, shall be devoted to destruction.

21"You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

22You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.

23If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry,

24and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

25"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.

26If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,

27for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

28"You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

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