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Deuteronomy 24:7-17 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

7. “If a man is caught kidnapping somebody from among his countrymen, the Israelites, and he treats him as a slave or he sells him, then that kidnapper shall die, and so you shall purge the evil from among you.

8. Be watchful with respect to an outbreak of any infectious skin disease, by being very careful and by acting according to all that the priests and the Levites have instructed you, just as I have commanded them, so you shall diligently observe.

9. So remember what Yahweh your God did to Miriam on the journey when you went out from Egypt.

10. “When you make a loan to your neighbor, a loan of any kind, you shall not go into his house to take his pledge.

11. You shall wait outside, and the man to whom you are lending, he shall bring the pledge outside to you.

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

13. You shall certainly return the pledge to him as the sun sets, so that he may sleep in his cloak and may bless you, and it shall be considered righteousness on your behalf before Yahweh your God.

14. “You shall not exploit a hired worker, who is needy and poor, from among your fellow men or from among your aliens who are in your land and in your towns.

15. On his day you shall give his wage, and the sun shall not go down, because he is poor and his life depends on it; do this so that he does not cry out against you to Yahweh, and you incur guilt.

16. “Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, and children shall not be put to death because of their fathers; each one shall be put to death for his own sin.

17. You shall not subvert the rights of an alien or an orphan, and you shall not take as pledge the garment of a widow.

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