Common English Bible

Exodus 22:26-31 Common English Bible (CEB)

26. If you take a piece of clothing from someone as a security deposit, you should return it before the sun goes down.

27. His clothing may well be his only blanket to cover himself. What else will that person have to sleep in? And if he cries out to me, I’ll listen, because I’m compassionate.

28. Don’t say a curse against God, and don’t curse your people’s chief.

29. Don’t delay offering the produce of your vineyards and winepresses. Give me your oldest son.

30. Do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. They should stay with their mother for seven days. On the eighth day, you should give them to me.

31. You are holy people to me. Don’t eat any meat killed by wild animals out in the field. Throw it to the dogs instead.