New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 22:21-27

21“1You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 2You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. 23If you afflict him at all, and 3if he does cry out to Me, 4I will surely hear his cry; 24and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, 5and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

25“6If you lend money to My people, to the poor 7among you, you are not to 8act as a creditor to him; you shall not 9charge him 10interest. 26If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak 11as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets, 27for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his 12body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall come about that 13when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for 14I am gracious.

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Notes

1. Exodus 22:21 Ex 23:9; Lev 19:33, 34; 25:35; Deut 1:16; 10:19; 27:19; Zech 7:10 ↩
2. Exodus 22:22 Deut 24:17, 18; Prov 23:10, 11; Jer 7:6, 7 ↩
3. Exodus 22:23 Deut 15:9; Job 35:9; Luke 18:7 ↩
4. Exodus 22:23 Deut 10:18; Job 34:28; Ps 10:14, 17, 18; 18:6; 68:5; James 5:4 ↩
5. Exodus 22:24 Ps 109:2, 9 ↩
6. Exodus 22:25 Lev 25:35-37; Deut 15:7-11 ↩
7. Exodus 22:25 Lit with ↩
8. Exodus 22:25 Lit be ↩
9. Exodus 22:25 Lit lay upon ↩
10. Exodus 22:25 Deut 23:19, 20; Neh 5:7; Ps 15:5; Ezek 18:8 ↩
11. Exodus 22:26 Deut 24:6, 10-13; Job 24:3; Prov 20:16; Amos 2:8 ↩
12. Exodus 22:27 Lit skin ↩
13. Exodus 22:27 Ex 22:23 ↩
14. Exodus 22:27 Ex 34:6 ↩

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