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If you do mistreat them, for if they cry out at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry. My wrath shall burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.\u201d (vv. 21-23)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This famous declaration teaches us a central Jewish value: respect for all people, including the most vulnerable. While the verse only mentions widows and orphans by name, we can expand the category to all people who may need extra care and gentleness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the original Hebrew, this passage contains a bit of a grammatical oddity. The first verse, \u201cyou shall not mistreat,\u201d uses \u201cyou\u201d in the plural; the second, \u201cif you do mistreat them,\u201d uses \u201cyou\u201d in the singular; the third, \u201cI will kill you,\u201d returns to \u201cyou\u201d in the plural. Ibn Ezra, a medieval Biblical commentator, writes that the grammar in these three verses teaches us about collective responsibility. If I see someone mistreating a widow, orphan, or other vulnerable person, and I do nothing to stop it, I myself am counted as one who mistreated the person. The final verse, containing the punishment, is written in the plural, because even if one person mistreats a vulnerable person, all who did not intervene are guilty and deserving of punishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we walk through the world, we are often witnesses to unjust interactions between people, and it can be difficult to stand up and demand justice. We can easily think to ourselves that stopping the mistreatment is someone else\u2019s responsibility, or that we do not have the authority to step in. 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