First Reading
Exodus 22:20-26
Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.
20He that sacrificeth to gods, shall be put to death, save only to the Lord.
21You shall not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan.
23If you hurt them they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry:
24And my rage shall be enkindled, and I will strike you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25If you lend money to any of my people that is poor, that dwells with you, you shall not be hard upon them as an extortioner, nor oppress them with usuries.
26If you take of your neighbour a clothing in pledge, you shall give it him again before sunset.