Exodus 22:27

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for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

Historical maps are public-domain atlas plates, digitized by Wikimedia Commons.

Egypt was the land where Israel had been enslaved before the exodus. Though Exodus 22:27 concerns a poor person’s cloak as security, Israel’s memory of God’s deliverance from Egypt underscores the covenant duty to show compassionate justice to the vulnerable.

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Exodus 22:27 mentions Egypt.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato