Exodus 22:21-27

Legacy Standard Bible

²¹ “^(A)You shall not mistreat a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. ^22 (B)You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. ²³ And if you indeed afflict him, and ^(C)if he earnestly cries out to Me, ^(D)I will surely hear his cry; ²⁴ and My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, ^(E)and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

²⁵ “^(F)If you lend money to My people, to the afflicted ^[a]among you, you are not to ^[b]act as a creditor to him; you shall not ^[c]charge him ^(G)interest. ²⁶ If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak ^(H)as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun sets, ²⁷ for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his ^[d]body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall be that ^(I)when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for ^(J)I am gracious.