1. Exodus 22:15
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When a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall make her his wife by paying the bride price.
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2. Exodus 22:16
(NABRE)
If her father refuses to give her to him, he must still pay him the bride price for virgins.
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5. Exodus 22:19
(NABRE)
Whoever sacrifices to any god, except to the Lord alone, shall be put under the ban.
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6. Exodus 22:20
(NABRE)
You shall not oppress or afflict a resident alien, for you were once aliens residing in the land of Egypt.
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8. Exodus 22:22
(NABRE)
If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely listen to their cry.
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9. Exodus 22:23
(NABRE)
My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans.
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10. Exodus 22:24
(NABRE)
If you lend money to my people, the poor among you, you must not be like a money lender; you must not demand interest from them.
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11. Exodus 22:25, 26
(NABRE)
If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset; for this is his only covering; it is the cloak for his body. What will he sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will listen; for I am compassionate.
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12. Exodus 22:27
(NABRE)
You shall not despise God, nor curse a leader of your people.
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13. Exodus 22:28
(NABRE)
You shall not delay the offering of your harvest and your press. You shall give me the firstborn of your sons.
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14. Exodus 22:29
(NABRE)
You must do the same with your oxen and your sheep; for seven days the firstling may stay with its mother, but on the eighth day you must give it to me.
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15. Exodus 22:30
(NABRE)
You shall be a people sacred to me. Flesh torn to pieces in the field you shall not eat; you must throw it to the dogs.
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16. Exodus 23:1
(NABRE)
You shall not repeat a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a witness supporting violence.
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17. Exodus 23:2
(NABRE)
You shall not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When testifying in a lawsuit, you shall not follow the crowd in perverting justice.
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19. Exodus 23:4
(NABRE)
When you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey going astray, you must see to it that it is returned.
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20. Exodus 23:5
(NABRE)
When you notice the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you should not desert him; you must help him with it.
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21. Exodus 23:6
(NABRE)
You shall not pervert justice for the needy among you in a lawsuit.
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22. Exodus 23:7
(NABRE)
You shall keep away from anything dishonest. The innocent and the just you shall not put to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
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23. Exodus 23:8
(NABRE)
Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the just.
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24. Exodus 23:9
(NABRE)
You shall not oppress a resident alien; you well know how it feels to be an alien, since you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt.
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