^{14 Ref} Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

^{15 Ref} Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

^{16 Ref} Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

^{17 Ref} Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

^{18 Ref} But keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: for this is why I give you orders to do this.