Holman Christian Standard Bible

Deuteronomy 24:13-22 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

13. Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.

14. “Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether one of your brothers or one of the foreigners residing within a town in your land.

15. You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty.

16. “Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers; each person will be put to death for his own sin.

17. Do not deny justice to a foreigner or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.

18. Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

19. “When you reap the harvest in your field, and you forget a sheaf in the field, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

20. When you knock down the fruit from your olive tree, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

21. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not glean what is left. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

22. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.