Essay sur Le Deutéronome 24:17
לֹ֣א תַטֶּ֔ה מִשְׁפַּ֖ט גֵּ֣ר יָת֑וֹם וְלֹ֣א תַחֲבֹ֔ל בֶּ֖גֶד אַלְמָנָֽה׃
Ne fausse pas le droit de l’étranger ni celui de l’orphelin, et ne saisis pas comme gage le vêtement de la veuve.
The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox
The three classic powerless groups in Israel and elsewhere have been mentioned before, but now receive help based on a particularly Israelite rationale: the people’s historical experience of having been oppressed in Egypt. For a parallel passage, cf. Ex. 22:23–24.
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