21 (A)You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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33 (A)When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 34 The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and (B)you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

35 (C)You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. 36 You shall have (D)just balances, just weights, a just [a]ephah, and a just [b]hin; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt. 37 You shall thus observe all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them; I am the Lord.’”

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  1. Leviticus 19:36 I.e. Approx one bu
  2. Leviticus 19:36 I.e. Approx one gal.

17 (A)You shall not pervert the justice [a]due an alien or [b]an orphan, nor (B)take a widow’s garment in pledge. 18 But you shall 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 (C)When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be (D)for the alien, for the [c]orphan, and for the widow, in order that the Lord your God (E)may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 (F)When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs [d]again; it shall be (G)for the alien, for the [e]orphan, and for the widow.

21 “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not [f]go over it again; it shall be for the alien, for the [g]orphan, and for the widow. 22 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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  1. Deuteronomy 24:17 Lit of
  2. Deuteronomy 24:17 Or the fatherless
  3. Deuteronomy 24:19 Or fatherless
  4. Deuteronomy 24:20 Lit after yourself
  5. Deuteronomy 24:20 Or fatherless
  6. Deuteronomy 24:21 Lit glean it after yourself
  7. Deuteronomy 24:21 Or fatherless

19 (A)Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien, [a]orphan, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 27:19 Or fatherless