13 aYou shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and bbless you; and cit shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
14 “You shall not aoppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates.
15 Each day ayou shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; blest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you.
16 a“Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.
17 a“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, bnor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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