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Exodus 22:25-31

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.

26If thou at allH2254takeחָבֹ֥לcha.VolH2254thy neighbour’sרֵעֶ֑ךָre.'E.khaH7453raimentשַׂלְמַ֣תsal.MatH8008to pledgeתַּחְבֹּ֖לtach.BolH2254,thou shalt deliverתְּשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּte.shi.Ve.nuH7725it unto him byעַד־'ad-H5704that the sunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121goeth downבֹּ֥אbo'H935:

27For that ishis coveringכְסוּתוֹ֙khe.su.toH3682only, it ishis raimentשִׂמְלָת֖וֹsim.la.ToH8071for his skinלְעֹר֑וֹle.'o.RoH5785:wherein shall he sleepיִשְׁכָּ֔בyish.KavH7901?and it shall come to pass, when he criethיִצְעַ֣קyitz.'AkH6817unto me, that I will hearוְשָׁמַעְתִּ֖יve.sha.ma'.TiH8085; for I amgraciousחַנּ֥וּןcha.NunH2587.

28Thou shalt not revileתְקַלֵּ֑לte.ka.LelH7043the godsאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430,nor curseתָאֹֽר׃ta.'OrH779the rulerוְנָשִׂ֥יאve.na.Si'H5387of thy peopleבְעַמְּךָ֖ve.'a.me.KhaH5971.

29Thou shalt not delayתְאַחֵ֑רte.'a.CherH309to offerthe first of thy ripe fruitsמְלֵאָתְךָ֥me.le.'a.te.KhaH4395,and of thy liquorsוְדִמְעֲךָ֖ve.dim.'a.KhaH1831:the firstbornבְּכ֥וֹרbe.KhorH1060of thy sonsבָּנֶ֖יךָba.Nei.khaH1121shalt thou giveH5414unto me.

30Likewiseכֵּֽן־ken-H3651shalt thou doתַּעֲשֶׂ֥הta.'a.SehH6213with thine oxenלְשֹׁרְךָ֖le.sho.re.KhaH7794, andwith thy sheepלְצֹאנֶ֑ךָle.tzo.Ne.khaH6629:sevenשִׁבְעַ֤תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117it shall be with his damאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517;on the eighthהַשְּׁמִינִ֖יha.she.mi.NiH8066dayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117thou shalt giveתִּתְּנוֹ־ti.te.nov-H5414it me.

31And ye shall be holyקֹ֖דֶשׁKo.deshH6944menוְאַנְשֵׁי־ve.'an.shei-H582unto me: neither shall ye eatתֹאכֵ֔לוּto.Khe.luH398anyfleshוּבָשָׂ֨רu.va.SarH1320that istorn of beastsטְרֵפָה֙te.re.FahH2966in the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֤הba.sa.DehH7704;ye shall castתַּשְׁלִכ֥וּןtash.li.KhunH7993it to the dogsלַכֶּ֖לֶבla.Ke.levH3611.

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