25 (22:24) If thou lende money to any of my people that is poore by thee, thou shalt not be as a tiraunt vnto him, neither shalt thou lay vpon him vsurie.

26 (22:25) If thou take thy neyghbours rayment to pledge, thou shalt deliuer it vnto him by that the sunne go downe.

27 (22:26) For that is his couering only, euen the rayment for his skinne, wherein he slepeth: and when he cryeth vnto me, I wyll heare him, for I am mercyfull.

28 (22:27) Thou shalt not rayle vpon ye gods, neither blaspheme ye ruler of the people.

29 (22:28) Thy fruites, whether they be drie or moyst, see thou kepe the not backe: thy first borne sonne thou shalt geue me.

30 (22:29) Likewise also shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheepe: seuen dayes it shalbe with the damme, & the eyght day thou shalt geue it me.

31 (22:30) Ye shalbe an holy people vnto me, neither shall ye eate any fleshe that is torne of beastes in the fielde, but shall cast it to a dogge.

Exodus 22:25-31, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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