1a
Thou shalt pay what thou owest: thou shalt not refuse it:
1b
And if thou refuse, the judge or the Elder shall send a Deacon, and he shall take of thy substance, and pay him whom thou owest.
2a
¶ If thy neighbor oweth thee, and is poor, thou shalt have compassion on him, and shalt not oppress him;
2b
But if he will not pay thee, or if he trespass on thee, or do thee wrong, thou shalt admonish him;
2c
If he hear thee not, thou shalt take with thee one or two neighbors, and shalt labor faithfully with him to do thee justice.
2d
If he will not hear them, thou shalt lay thy testimonies at the judgment seat, and the Elder or judge who judgeth, shall hear thee and him also;
2e
And he shall judge between thee and thy neighbor: and whosoever will not hear him, he shall send the Deacon to execute his judgment.
3a
¶ But if thy neighbor seek to defraud thee, or to do thee violence, or if he have done thee violence, thou mayest bring the matter to the judgment seat before thou admonish him:
3b
The Elder or the judge shall judge between thee and him.
4
¶ If thy neighbor hath not the very thing to pay thee that he promised, and be poor, thou shalt have compassion on him, and shalt take what he hath; but thou shalt not make him quite naked.
5a
¶ Thou shalt not lend to thy neighbor that is poor, on usury: thou shalt aid him, and strengthen him, and not oppress him:
5b
Neither shalt thou keep his garment in pledge till morning: thou shalt return it to him.
6a
¶ Thou shalt not defraud the laborer of his hire.
6b
Thou shalt not keep his wages till the darkness, lest he return not to his home, and his children have no bread; and their cry ascend to God against thee.
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6c If he testify to thee that they lack nothing, then shall he wait on thee, as thou shalt agree.