Exodus 22:21-27

New American Standard Bible 1995

²¹ “^(A)You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. ^22 (B)You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. ²³ If you afflict him at all, and ^(C)if he does cry out to Me, ^(D)I will surely hear his cry; ²⁴ and My anger will be kindled, 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 poor ^[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 are to 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 come about that ^(I)when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for ^(J)I am gracious.