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And when thou dost lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledgea.
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Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
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And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleepa with his pledge;
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In any case, thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before YHVH, thy Elohim.
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¶ Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether they be of thy brethren or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates;
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At their days thou shalt give them their hire; neither shall the sun go down upon it, for they are poor and setteth their heart upon it, lest they cry against thee unto YHVH, and it be sin unto thee.
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¶ The fathers shall not be put to deatha for the children; neither shall the children be put to deatha for the fathers; everyone shall be put to death for their own sin.
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¶ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless nor take a widow's raiment to pledge;
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But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and YHVH, thy Elohim, redeemed thee thence; therefore, I command thee to do this thing.
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¶ When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow, that YHVH, thy Elohim, may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
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And when thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughsa again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
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And when thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not gleana it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondmana in the land of Egypt; therefore, I command thee to do this thing.
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¶ And if there be any controversya between people and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
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And it shall be, if the wicked one be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before their face, according to their fault.
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They may be given forty stripes, but no more lest, they be seen as vile unto thee, and these are your brothers and sisters.