14 Do not commit adultery.(A)

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14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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16 Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.(A)

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16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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Capital Offenses

18 “You must not allow a sorceress(A) to live.

19 “Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal(B) must be put to death.

20 “Whoever sacrifices to any gods, except the Lord alone, is to be set apart for destruction.(C)

Laws Protecting the Vulnerable

21 “You must not exploit a foreign resident(D) or oppress him, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

22 “You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.(E) 23 If you do mistreat them, they will no doubt cry to Me, and I will certainly hear their cry.(F) 24 My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.(G)

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18 “Do not allow a sorceress(A) to live.

19 “Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal(B) is to be put to death.

20 “Whoever sacrifices to any god(C) other than the Lord must be destroyed.[a](D)

21 “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner,(E) for you were foreigners(F) in Egypt.

22 “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.(G) 23 If you do and they cry out(H) to me, I will certainly hear their cry.(I) 24 My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:20 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

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

22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

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

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

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10 No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire,[a](A) practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery,

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  1. Deuteronomy 18:10 Either a Canaanite cult practice or child sacrifice

10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire,(A) who practices divination(B) or sorcery,(C) interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,(D)

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10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

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14 “Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether one of your brothers or one of the foreigners residing within a town[a] in your land.

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  1. Deuteronomy 24:14 Lit within the gates

14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.(A)

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14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

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17 Do not deny justice to a foreigner or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.

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17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless(A) of justice,(B) or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

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17 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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When they say, “As the Lord lives,”(A)
they are swearing falsely.(B)

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Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(A)
    still they are swearing falsely.(B)

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And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.

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Why should I forgive you?
Your children have abandoned Me
and sworn by those who are not gods.(A)
I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery;(B)
they gashed themselves(C) at the[a] prostitute’s house.

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  1. Jeremiah 5:7 Or adultery and trooped to the, or adultery and lodged at the; Hb obscure

“Why should I forgive you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    and sworn(A) by gods that are not gods.(B)
I supplied all their needs,
    yet they committed adultery(C)
    and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.(D)

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How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

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if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow(A) and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,

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if you do not oppress(A) the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood(B) in this place, and if you do not follow other gods(C) to your own harm,

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If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

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