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Exodus 22:20-25

20He that sacrificethזֹבֵ֥חַzo.Ve.achH2076unto anygodלָאֱלֹהִ֖יםla.'E.lo.HimH430,saveבִּלְתִּ֥יbil.TiH1115unto the Lordלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068only, he shall be utterly destroyedיָֽחֳרָ֑םyo.cho.RamH2763.

21Thou shalt neither vexתוֹנֶ֖הto.NehH3238a strangerוְגֵ֥רve.GerH1616,nor oppressתִלְחָצֶ֑נּוּtil.cha.Tze.nuH3905him: for ye were strangersגֵרִ֥יםge.RimH1616in the landבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

22Ye shall not afflictH6031any widowאַלְמָנָ֥ה'al.ma.NahH490,or fatherless childוְיָת֖וֹםve.ya.TomH3490.

23IfH518thou afflictעַנֵּ֥ה'a.NehH6031them in any wiseתְעַנֶּ֖הte.'a.NehH6031,and they cryצָעֹ֤קtza.'OkH6817at allיִצְעַק֙yitz.'AkH6817unto me, I will surelyשָׁמֹ֥עַsha.Mo.a'H8085hearאֶשְׁמַ֖ע'esh.Ma'H8085their cryצַעֲקָתֽוֹ׃tza.'a.ka.ToH6818;

24And my wrathאַפִּ֔י'a.PiH639shall wax hotוְחָרָ֣הve.cha.RahH2734,and I will killוְהָרַגְתִּ֥יve.ha.rag.TiH2026you with the swordבֶּחָ֑רֶבbe.Cha.revH2719;and your wivesנְשֵׁיכֶם֙ne.shei.KhemH802shall be widowsאַלְמָנ֔וֹת'al.ma.NotH490,and your childrenוּבְנֵיכֶ֖םu.ve.nei.KhemH1121fatherlessיְתֹמִֽים׃ פye.to.MimH3490.

25If thou lendתַּלְוֶ֣הtal.VehH3867moneyכֶּ֣סֶף׀Ke.sefH3701to any ofmy peopleעַמִּ֗י'a.MiH5971that ispoorהֶֽעָנִי֙he.'a.NiH6041by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurerכְּנֹשֶׁ֑הke.no.ShehH5383,neither shalt thou layתְשִׂימ֥וּןte.si.MunH7760upon him usuryנֶֽשֶׁךְ׃Ne.shekhH5392.

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