25. “If you loan money to any of my people, that is, the poor among you, don’t be like a moneylender and charge them interest.
26. You might take their cloak to make sure they pay the money back, but you must give that cloak back to them before sunset.
27. That cloak might be their only protection against the cold when they lie down to sleep. If they call to me for help, I will listen because I am kind.
28. “You must not curse God or the leaders of your people.
29. “At harvest time you should give me the first grain and the first juice from your fruit. Don’t wait until late in the year. “Give me your firstborn sons.
30. Also, give me your firstborn cattle and sheep. Let the firstborn stay with its mother for seven days. Then on the eighth day, give him to me.
31. “You are my special people. So don’t eat the meat from something that was killed by wild animals. Let the dogs eat that dead animal.