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Negative commandment 280 of 365

Not to pervert the judgment of strangers or orphans

Maimonides

Not to pervert the judgment of strangers or orphans, as it is said, “Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the stranger or the fatherless” (Deut. 24:17).

Deuteronomy 24:17

KJV
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
ASV
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;
WEB
You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;
JPS
Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge.