New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 22:16-24

16“1IfH3588 a manH376 seducesH6601 a virginH1330 whoH834 is not engagedH781, and liesH7901 with her, he must payH4117 a dowryH4117 for her to be his wifeH802. 17IfH518 her fatherH1 absolutelyH3985 refusesH3985 to giveH5414 her to him, he shall 2payH8254 moneyH3701 equal to the 3dowryH4119 for virginsH1330.

18“You shall not allow a 4sorceressH3784 to liveH2421.

19“5WhoeverH3605 liesH7901 with an animalH929 shall surelyH4191 be putH4191 to deathH4191.

20“6He who sacrificesH2076 to 7any godH430, otherH1115 thanH1115 to the LordH3068 aloneH905, shall be 8utterlyH2763 destroyedH2763.

21“9You shall not wrongH3238 a strangerH1616 or oppressH3905 him, for you were strangersH1616 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 22 10You shall not afflictH6031 anyH3605 widowH490 or orphanH3490. 23IfH518 you afflictH6031 him at allH6031, and 11ifH518 he does cryH6817 out to Me, 12I will surelyH8085 hearH8085 his cryH6818; 24and My angerH639 will be kindledH2734, and I will killH2026 you with the swordH2719, 13and your wivesH802 shall becomeH1961 widowsH490 and your childrenH1121 fatherlessH3490.

Notes

1. Exodus 22:16 Deut 22:28, 29 ↩
2. Exodus 22:17 Lit weigh out silver ↩
3. Exodus 22:17 Gen 34:12; 1 Sam 18:25 ↩
4. Exodus 22:18 Lev 19:31; 20:6, 27; Deut 18:10, 11; 1 Sam 28:3; Jer 27:9, 10 ↩
5. Exodus 22:19 Lev 18:23; 20:15, 16; Deut 27:21 ↩
6. Exodus 22:20 Ex 32:8; 34:15; Lev 17:7; Num 25:2; Deut 17:2, 3, 5; 1 Kin 18:40; 2 Kin 10:25 ↩
7. Exodus 22:20 Lit the gods ↩
8. Exodus 22:20 Lit put under the ban ↩
9. Exodus 22:21 Ex 23:9; Lev 19:33, 34; 25:35; Deut 1:16; 10:19; 27:19; Zech 7:10 ↩
10. Exodus 22:22 Deut 24:17, 18; Prov 23:10, 11; Jer 7:6, 7 ↩
11. Exodus 22:23 Deut 15:9; Job 35:9; Luke 18:7 ↩
12. Exodus 22:23 Deut 10:18; Job 34:28; Ps 10:14, 17, 18; 18:6; 68:5; James 5:4 ↩
13. Exodus 22:24 Ps 109:2, 9 ↩