Exodus 22:21-29

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²¹ “You shall not wrong or oppress a resident alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.^{(A) 22} You shall not abuse any widow or orphan.^{(B) 23} If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry;^{(C) 24} my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans.^(D)

²⁵ “If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them.^{(E) 26} If you take your neighbor’s cloak as guarantee, you shall restore it before the sun goes down, ²⁷ for it may be your neighbor’s only clothing to use as a cover. In what else shall that person sleep? And when your neighbor cries out to me, I will listen, for I am compassionate.

²⁸ “You shall not revile God or curse a leader of your people.^(F)

²⁹ “You shall not delay to make offerings from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses.^[a]

“The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.^(G)