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22:18	Whoever lies with an animal must be put to death. Kol-shochev im-behemah mot yumat.
22:19	Whoever sacrifices to any deity other than God alone must be condemned to death. Zove'ach la'Elohim yochoram bilti l'Adonay levado.
22:20	Do not hurt the feelings of a foreigner or oppress him, for you were foreigners in Egypt. Veger lo-toneh velo tilchatsenu ki-gerim heyitem be'erets Mitsrayim.
22:21	Do not mistreat a widow or an orphan. Kol-almanah veyatom lo te'anun.
22:22	If you mistreat them, and they cry out to Me, I will hear their cry. Im-aneh te'aneh oto ki im-tsa'ok yits'ak elay shamoa eshma tsa'akato.

Commentary:

Whoever...
See Leviticus 18:23, 20:15,16, Deuteronomy 27:21. This was done for occult practices (Sanhedrin 105a,b).

condemned to death
See Deuteronomy 17:7.

foreigner
In general, anyone from another country (Rashi; MeAm Lo'ez). Specifically, a proselyte (Ralbag; Sefer HaMitzvoth, Negative Commandment 253; Chinukh 63). See Exodus 23:9, Leviticus 19:33,34, Deuteronomy 24:17,18, 27:19.

them
Literally, 'him.'

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