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Deuteronomy 24:12-17 English Standard Version (ESV)

12. And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.

13. You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

14. “You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.

15. You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.

16. “Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.

17. “You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge,

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