New American Standard Bible 1995

Deuteronomy 24:12-21

12IfH518 he is a poorH6041 manH376, you shall not sleepH7901 with his pledgeH5667. 13 1When the sunH8121 goesH935 down you shall surelyH7725 returnH7725 the pledgeH5667 to him, that he may sleepH7901 in his cloakH8008 and blessH1288 you; and 2it will be righteousnessH6666 for you beforeH6440 the LordH3068 your GodH430.

14“3You shall not oppressH6231 a hiredH7916 servantH7916 who is poorH6041 and needyH34, whetherH4480 he is one of your 4countrymenH251 orH176 one of your aliensH1616 whoH834 is in your landH776 in your 5townsH8179. 15 6You shall giveH5414 him his wagesH7939 on his dayH3117 7before the sunH8121 setsH935, for he is poorH6041 and setsH5375 his 8heartH5315 on it; so that 9he will not cryH7121 againstH5921 you to the LordH3068 and it becomeH1961 sinH2399 in you.

16“10FathersH1 shall not be putH4191 to deathH4191 11for their sonsH1121, norH3808 shall sonsH1121 be putH4191 to deathH4191 12for their fathersH1; everyoneH376 shall be putH4191 to deathH4191 for his own sinH2399.

17“13You shall not pervertH5186 the justiceH4941 14due an alienH1616 or 15an orphanH3490, norH3808 16takeH2254 a widow’sH490 garmentH899 in pledgeH2254. 18But you shall rememberH2142 that you were a slaveH5650 in EgyptH4714, and that the LordH3068 your GodH430 redeemedH6299 you from thereH8033; thereforeH5921 H3651 I am commandingH6680 you to doH6213 thisH2088 thingH1697.

19“17WhenH3588 you reapH7114 your harvestH7105 in your fieldH7704 and have forgottenH7911 a sheafH6016 in the fieldH7704, you shall not goH7725 backH7725 to getH3947 it; it shall be 18for the alienH1616, for the 19orphanH3490, and for the widowH490, in orderH4616 that the LordH3068 your GodH430 20may blessH1288 you in allH3605 the workH4639 of your handsH3027. 20 21WhenH3588 you beatH2251 your oliveH2132 treeH2132, you shall not goH6287 overH6287 the boughsH6287 22againH310; it shall be 23for the alienH1616, for the 24orphanH3490, and for the widowH490.

21“WhenH3588 you gatherH1219 the grapes of your vineyardH3754, you shall not 25goH5953 overH5953 it againH310; it shall be for the alienH1616, for the 26orphanH3490, and for the widowH490.

Notes

1. Deuteronomy 24:13 Ex 22:26 ↩
2. Deuteronomy 24:13 Deut 6:25; Ps 106:31; Dan 4:27 ↩
3. Deuteronomy 24:14 Lev 19:13; 25:35-43; Deut 15:7-18; Prov 14:31; Amos 4:1; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
4. Deuteronomy 24:14 Lit brothers ↩
5. Deuteronomy 24:14 Lit gates ↩
6. Deuteronomy 24:15 Lev 19:13; Jer 22:13; James 5:4 ↩
7. Deuteronomy 24:15 Lit that the sun shall not go down on it ↩
8. Deuteronomy 24:15 Lit soul ↩
9. Deuteronomy 24:15 Ex 22:23; Deut 15:9; Job 35:9; James 5:4 ↩
10. Deuteronomy 24:16 2 Kin 14:6; 2 Chr 25:4; Jer 31:29, 30; Ezek 18:20 ↩
11. Deuteronomy 24:16 Or with ↩
12. Deuteronomy 24:16 Or with ↩
13. Deuteronomy 24:17 Ex 23:9; Lev 19:33; Deut 1:17; 10:17; 16:19; 27:19 ↩
14. Deuteronomy 24:17 Lit of ↩
15. Deuteronomy 24:17 Or the fatherless ↩
16. Deuteronomy 24:17 Ex 22:22 ↩
17. Deuteronomy 24:19 Lev 19:9, 10; 23:22 ↩
18. Deuteronomy 24:19 Deut 14:29 ↩
19. Deuteronomy 24:19 Or fatherless ↩
20. Deuteronomy 24:19 Prov 19:17 ↩
21. Deuteronomy 24:20 Lev 19:10 ↩
22. Deuteronomy 24:20 Lit after yourself ↩
23. Deuteronomy 24:20 Deut 24:19 ↩
24. Deuteronomy 24:20 Or fatherless ↩
25. Deuteronomy 24:21 Lit glean it after yourself ↩
26. Deuteronomy 24:21 Or fatherless ↩