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21 You shall neither harm a stranger nor oppress him; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 You shall not harm any widow or orphan. 23 If you harm them, and they pray before me, I will surely hear their prayer; 24 And my wrath shall kindle, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless. 25 If you lend money to any of my people who are the poor among you, you shall not be to him as an usurer, neither shall you take any usury from him. 26 If you at all take your neighbor's clothes as a pledge, you must give them back to him by sunset; 27 For they are his only covering, it is his raiment for his body; with what shall he sleep? And if he prays before me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate. 28 You shall not revile the judge nor curse the ruler of your people. 29 You shall not delay to offer the first fruits of the harvest of your threshing floor, and of your wine press; the first-born of your sons you shall give to me. 30 Likewise you shall do with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day you shall give it to me. 31 And you shall be holy men to me; neither shall you eat any flesh that has been torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs. Exodus 22:21-31, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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