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Ask a Question'You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.
'You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD.
'You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
'You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.
'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
'The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
"How lovely are your tents, O Jacob! Your dwellings, O Israel!
"And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power,
but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
"The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;
"but because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
"Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
"And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you.
"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
"The LORD delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.
"He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.
"Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
"Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always.