If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 22:23 in context
Exodus 22:20–26
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“He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.
21
“You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
22
“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
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If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
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and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25
“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not charge him interest.
26
If you take your neighbor’s garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,
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