Exodus 22:20-23:13

English Standard Version

²⁰^(A)“Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone, shall be devoted to destruction.^[a]

²¹^(B)“You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. ²²^(C)You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. ²³If you do mistreat them, and they ^(D)cry out to me, I will surely ^(E)hear their cry, ²⁴and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and ^(F)your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

²⁵^(G)“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him. ²⁶^(H)If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, ²⁷for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he ^(I)cries to me, I will hear, for I am ^(J)compassionate.

²⁸^(K)“You shall not revile God, nor ^(L)curse a ruler of your people.

²⁹“You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. ^(M)The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me. ³⁰^(N)You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep: ^(O)seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.

³¹^(P)“You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore ^(Q)you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; ^(R)you shall throw it to the dogs.

23 ^(S)“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a ^(T)malicious witness. ²You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, ³^(U)nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.

⁴^(V)“If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him. ⁵If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.

⁶^(W)“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. ⁷^(X)Keep far from a false charge, and ^(Y)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for ^(Z)I will not acquit the wicked. ⁸^(AA)And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

⁹^(AB)“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Laws About the Sabbath and Festivals

¹⁰^(AC)“For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, ¹¹but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.

¹²^(AD)“Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.

¹³^(AE)“Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.