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You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow`s clothing to pledge;
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Justice for the Vulnerable
This verse commands Israel to protect those who cannot easily defend themselves: the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. Commentators explain this is a direct command to judges and those in authority to ensure justice is not perverted. God's law shows a special, active concern for the most marginalized members of society.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare the marginal references. The motive assigned for these various acts of consideration is one and the same (Deuteronomy 24:18, 22…
19th Century
Anglican
The stranger, the fatherless, and the widow — are the subject of all the laws in these verses. For the first two ([Reference Deute…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless Who are u…
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It is not hard to prove that purity, piety, justice, mercy, fair conduct, kindness to the poor and destitute, consideration for them, and generosit…
