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Exodus 22:22

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“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

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Egypt was the land where Israel had been enslaved before the exodus, an experience that shaped God’s covenant law. Though not named in Exodus 22:22 itself, Israel’s memory of oppression in Egypt undergirds the command to protect vulnerable widows and orphans from mistreatment.

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Exodus 22:22 mentions Egypt.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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