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Exodus 22:22-23

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[22] "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. [23] If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;

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Egypt was the land where Israel had suffered oppression before the exodus. Though not named in these verses, Israel’s memory of God’s deliverance from Egypt underscores the command not to afflict widows and fatherless children, whose cry God promises to hear.

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Exodus 22:22-23 mentions Egypt.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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