If the God of my fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac, had not been with me, you would have already sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my trouble and the work I have done, and last night he gave his judgment."

"I will make the Egyptians respect you so that when my people leave, they will not go empty-handed.

The people of Israel are the LORD's slaves, and he brought them out of Egypt; they must not be sold into slavery.

If you need slaves, you may buy them from the nations around you.

Whenever you possibly can, do good to those who need it.

Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now.

Doomed is the one who builds his house by injustice and enlarges it by dishonesty; who makes his people work for nothing and does not pay their wages.

The LORD Almighty says, "I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners---against all who do not respect me.

Masters, be fair and just in the way you treat your slaves. Remember that you too have a Master in heaven.