17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
Focused Passage
Deuteronomy 24:17-18
Justice for the Vulnerable and the Limits of Covenant Law
Divorce regulation (vv. 1–4) → protection of the new household (v. 5) → prohibition against seizing livelihood pledges (vv. 6, 10–13) → kidnapping law (vv. 7) → skin disease and Miriam's warning (vv. 8–9) → wage and pledge justice for the poor (vv. 14–15) → individual accountability (v. 16) → justice for the sojourner and widow (v. 17) → redemption memory as motive (vv. 18, 22) → gleaning laws for the threefold vulnerable (vv. 19–22)
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Verse 17
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Do notלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particledenyתַטֶּ֔הH5186Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singularjusticeמִשְׁפַּ֖טH4941Noun - masculine singular constructto the foreignerגֵּ֣רH1616Noun - masculine singularor the fatherlessיָת֑וֹםH3490Noun - masculine singularand do notוְלֹ֣אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particletake a widow’sאַלְמָנָֽה׃H490Noun - feminine singularcloakבֶּ֖גֶדH899Noun - masculine singular constructas securityתַחֲבֹ֔לH2254Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Verse 18
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Rememberוְזָכַרְתָּ֗H2142Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularthatכִּ֣יH3588Conjunctionyou wereהָיִ֙יתָ֙H1961Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularslavesעֶ֤בֶדH5650Noun - masculine singularin Egyptבְּמִצְרַ֔יִםH4714Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularand the LORDיְהוָ֥הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularredeemed youוַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֛H6299Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singularfrom that placeמִשָּׁ֑םH8033Preposition-m | AdverbThereforeעַל־H5921Preposition. . .כֵּ֞ןH3651AdverbIאָנֹכִ֤יH595Pronoun - first person common singularam commandingמְצַוְּךָ֙H6680Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularyou to doלַעֲשׂ֔וֹתH6213Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct-אֶת־H853Direct object marker-הַדָּבָ֖רH1697Article | Noun - masculine singularthisהַזֶּֽה׃סH2088Article | Pronoun - masculine singular