Exodus 22:24

And I will be very angry, and will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23And if you⌃ should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice.

25And if you should lend money to your poor brother who is by you, you shall not be hard upon him you shall not exact usury of him.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:35And if your brother who is with you become poor, and he fail in resources with you, you shall help him as a stranger and a sojourner, and your brother shall live with you.

Deuteronomy 23:20You may lend on usury to a stranger, but to your brother you shall not lend on usury; that the Lord your God may bless you in all your works upon the land, into which you are entering to inherit it.

Nehemiah 5:7And my heart took counsel within me, and I contended against the nobles, and the princes, and I said to them, Should every man demand of his brother what you⌃ demand? And I appointed against them a great assembly,

Job 31:23For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I can’t bear up by reason of his burden.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:17-25

16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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