10 (A)When you make your neighbor a loan of any kind, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge. 11 You shall stand outside, and the person to whom you are making the loan shall bring the pledge outside to you. 12 And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. 13 (B)When the sun goes down you shall certainly return the pledge to him, so that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and (C)it will be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

14 (D)You shall not exploit a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your strangers who are in your land in your [a]towns. 15 (E)You shall give him his wages on his day [b]before the sun sets—for he is poor and sets his [c]heart on it—so that (F)he does not cry out against you to the Lord, and it becomes a sin in you.

16 (G)Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin alone.

17 (H)You shall not pervert the justice [d]due a stranger or [e]an orphan, nor (I)seize a widow’s garment as a [f]pledge. 18 But you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

19 (J)When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you are not to go back to get it; it shall belong (K)to the stranger, the [g]orphan, and to the widow, in order that the Lord your God (L)may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 (M)When you beat the olives off your olive tree, you are not to search through the branches [h]again; that shall be left (N)for the stranger, the [i]orphan, and for the widow.

21 “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you are not to [j]go over it again; that shall be left for the stranger, the [k]orphan, and the widow. 22 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:14 Lit gates
  2. Deuteronomy 24:15 Lit that the sun shall not go down on it
  3. Deuteronomy 24:15 Lit soul
  4. Deuteronomy 24:17 Lit of
  5. Deuteronomy 24:17 Or the fatherless
  6. Deuteronomy 24:17 I.e., for a loan
  7. Deuteronomy 24:19 Or fatherless
  8. Deuteronomy 24:20 Lit after yourself
  9. Deuteronomy 24:20 Or fatherless
  10. Deuteronomy 24:21 Lit glean it after yourself
  11. Deuteronomy 24:21 Or fatherless

10 When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into their house to get what is offered to you as a pledge.(A) 11 Stay outside and let the neighbor to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you. 12 If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge(B) in your possession. 13 Return their cloak by sunset(C) so that your neighbor may sleep in it.(D) Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God.(E)

14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.(F) 15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor(G) and are counting on it.(H) Otherwise they may cry to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.(I)

16 Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.(J)

17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless(K) of justice,(L) or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. 18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt(M) and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

19 When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it.(N) Leave it for the foreigner,(O) the fatherless and the widow,(P) so that the Lord your God may bless(Q) you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time.(R) Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 21 When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 22 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.(S)

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