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"You shall not oppress a stranger nor torment him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

"You shall not oppress any widow or orphan.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

"If you oppress him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will assuredly hear his cry;

If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

"If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.

If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

"If you ever seize your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,

If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his body. What else is he to sleep in? And it will come about that when he cries out to Me, I will listen to him, for I am gracious.

For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.