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Leviticus 19:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Do not oppress  your neighbour or rob  him. The wages due a hired worker  must not remain with you until morning.

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Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers  who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.


‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner.  They do not fear me,’  says the Lord of Armies.


Woe for the one who builds his palace through unrighteousness, his upstairs rooms through injustice, who makes his neighbour serve without pay and will not give him his wages,


Differing weights and varying measures   – both are detestable to the  Lord.


You know the commandments: Do not murder;   do not commit adultery;   do not steal;   do not bear false witness;   do not defraud;   honour   your father and mother.’   ,


The people of the land have practised extortion and committed robbery.  They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the resident foreigner.


This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness.  Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor.  Don’t exploit or brutalise the resident foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.  Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.


‘You must not exploit a resident foreigner  or oppress him, since you were resident foreigners in the land of Egypt.


If its owner is there with it, the man does not have to make restitution. If it was rented, the loss is covered by  its rental price.


This means one must not transgress against and take advantage  of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offences, as we also previously told and warned you.


He told them, ‘Don’t collect any more than what you have been authorised.’


Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor, and don’t crush the oppressed  at the city gate,


if I have consumed its produce without payment or shown contempt for its tenants,


or finds something lost and lies about it;  or swears falsely  about any of the sinful things a person may do #– #


If it was actually torn apart by a wild animal, he is to bring it as evidence; he does not have to make restitution for the torn carcass.


When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, “Call the workers and give them their pay,   starting with the last and ending with the first.”


For the Scripture says: Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,   , and, ‘The worker is worthy of his wages.’


‘When a man gives his neighbour valuables  or goods to keep, but they are stolen from that person’s house, the thief, if caught, must repay double.


If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.


Don’t say to your neighbour, ‘Go away! Come back later. I’ll give it tomorrow’ #– #when it is there with you.


He doesn’t oppress anyone  but returns his collateral to the debtor.  He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry  and covers the naked with clothing.


People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood.  You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbours.  You have forgotten me.  This is the declaration of the Lord God.


If you make a sale to your neighbour or a purchase from him, do not cheat  one another.


You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.


Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired worker he waits for his pay.





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