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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: Exodus 22: 18 (22:17) Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.
Exodus 22: 19 (22:18) Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 22: 20 (22:19) He that sacrificeth unto the gods, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.
Exodus 22: 21 (22:20) And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 22: 22 (22:21) Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Exodus 22: 23 (22:22) If thou afflict them in any wise--for if they cry at all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry--
Exodus 22: 24 (22:23) My wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Exodus 22: 25 (22:24) If thou lend money to any of My people, even to the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
Exodus 22: 26 (22:25) If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by that the sun goeth down;
Exodus 22: 27 (22:26) for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Exodus 22: 28 (22:27) Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.
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