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"^(C1)You shall not pervert the justice ^(F1)due a stranger or ^(F2)an orphan, nor ^(C2)seize a widow's garment as a ^(F3)pledge.

"But you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

"^(C1)When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you are not to go back to get it; it shall belong ^(C2)to the stranger, the ^(F1)orphan, and to the widow, in order that the LORD your God ^(C3)may bless you in all the work of your hands.

"^(C1)When you beat the olives off your olive tree, you are not to search through the branches ^(F1)again; that shall be left ^(C2)for the stranger, the ^(F2)orphan, and for the widow.

"When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you are not to ^(F1)go over it again; that shall be left for the stranger, the ^(F2)orphan, and the widow.

"And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.