17 (A)You shall not pervert the justice [a]due a stranger or [b]an orphan, nor (B)seize a widow’s garment as a [c]pledge. 18 But you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

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  1. Deuteronomy 24:17 Lit of
  2. Deuteronomy 24:17 Or the fatherless
  3. Deuteronomy 24:17 I.e., for a loan

17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless(A) of justice,(B) or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. 18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt(C) and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

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10 Do not move the ancient boundary
Or (A)go into the fields of the fatherless,
11 For their (B)Redeemer is strong;
(C)He will plead their case against you.

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Saying 11

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(A)
    or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their Defender(B) is strong;(C)
    he will take up their case against you.(D)

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if you do not oppress the stranger, the [a](A)orphan, or the widow, and do not shed (B)innocent blood in this place, nor (C)follow other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you (D)live in this place, in the (E)land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

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  1. Jeremiah 7:6 Or fatherless

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, then I will let you live in this place, in the land(D) I gave your ancestors(E) for ever and ever.

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