New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 22:18-28

18“You shall not allow a 1sorceressH3784 to liveH2421.

19“2WhoeverH3605 liesH7901 with an animalH929 shall surelyH4191 be putH4191 to deathH4191.

20“3He who sacrificesH2076 to 4any godH430, otherH1115 thanH1115 to the LordH3068 aloneH905, shall be 5utterlyH2763 destroyedH2763.

21“6You shall not wrongH3238 a strangerH1616 or oppressH3905 him, for you were strangersH1616 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 22 7You shall not afflictH6031 anyH3605 widowH490 or orphanH3490. 23IfH518 you afflictH6031 him at allH6031, and 8ifH518 he does cryH6817 out to Me, 9I will surelyH8085 hearH8085 his cryH6818; 24and My angerH639 will be kindledH2734, and I will killH2026 you with the swordH2719, 10and your wivesH802 shall becomeH1961 widowsH490 and your childrenH1121 fatherlessH3490.

25“11IfH518 you lendH3867 moneyH3701 to My peopleH5971, to the poorH6041 12amongH5973 you, you are not to 13actH1961 as a creditorH5383 to him; you shall not 14chargeH7760 H5921 him 15interestH5392. 26IfH518 you everH2254 takeH2254 your neighbor’sH7453 cloakH8008 16as a pledgeH2254, you are to returnH7725 it to him beforeH5704 the sunH8121 setsH935, 27for that is his onlyH905 coveringH3682; it is his cloakH8071 for his 17bodyH5785. WhatH4100 else shall he sleepH7901 in? And it shall comeH1961 about that 18whenH3588 he criesH6817 out to Me, I will hearH8085 him, for 19I am graciousH2587.

28“You shall not 20 21curseH7043 GodH430, 22norH3808 curseH779 a rulerH5387 of your peopleH5971.

Notes

1. Exodus 22:18 Lev 19:31; 20:6, 27; Deut 18:10, 11; 1 Sam 28:3; Jer 27:9, 10 ↩
2. Exodus 22:19 Lev 18:23; 20:15, 16; Deut 27:21 ↩
3. 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 ↩
4. Exodus 22:20 Lit the gods ↩
5. Exodus 22:20 Lit put under the ban ↩
6. Exodus 22:21 Ex 23:9; Lev 19:33, 34; 25:35; Deut 1:16; 10:19; 27:19; Zech 7:10 ↩
7. Exodus 22:22 Deut 24:17, 18; Prov 23:10, 11; Jer 7:6, 7 ↩
8. Exodus 22:23 Deut 15:9; Job 35:9; Luke 18:7 ↩
9. Exodus 22:23 Deut 10:18; Job 34:28; Ps 10:14, 17, 18; 18:6; 68:5; James 5:4 ↩
10. Exodus 22:24 Ps 109:2, 9 ↩
11. Exodus 22:25 Lev 25:35-37; Deut 15:7-11 ↩
12. Exodus 22:25 Lit with ↩
13. Exodus 22:25 Lit be ↩
14. Exodus 22:25 Lit lay upon ↩
15. Exodus 22:25 Deut 23:19, 20; Neh 5:7; Ps 15:5; Ezek 18:8 ↩
16. Exodus 22:26 Deut 24:6, 10-13; Job 24:3; Prov 20:16; Amos 2:8 ↩
17. Exodus 22:27 Lit skin ↩
18. Exodus 22:27 Ex 22:23 ↩
19. Exodus 22:27 Ex 34:6 ↩
20. Exodus 22:28 Or revile ↩
21. Exodus 22:28 Lev 24:15, 16 ↩
22. Exodus 22:28 Eccl 10:20; Acts 23:5 ↩