Deuteronomy 24:17 meaning and explanation
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
Deuteronomy 24:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses is speaking to Israel on the plains of Moab, teaching the people how covenant life should look once they settle in the land. The verse names three groups with no protector: the foreigner (Hebrew ger, a resident alien), the fatherless, and the widow.
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