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Exodus 22:15-23. Protect the vulnerable. An elder listens respectfully to a widow and child with a traveler beside them; inclusive camp scene. Bronze Age Exodus setting, not first-century staging. One 16:9 single scene. No text or lettering.
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Exodus 22:15-23

Protect the vulnerable

Restitution and trust · Exodus 22

Story guide: Laws address seduction, sorcery and idolatry, and forbid mistreating foreigners, widows and orphans.

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15If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he must surely pay the bride-price for her to be his wife.

16If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he shall weigh out silver equal to the bride-price for virgins.

17You shall not let a sorceress live.

18Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.

19Whoever sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh alone, shall be devoted to destruction.

20You shall not mistreat a foreigner or oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

21You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.

22If you indeed afflict him, and if he indeed cries out to me, I will surely hear his cry.

23then my anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will become widows and your sons fatherless.

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