Exodus 22:21
(22:20) And a stranger thou shalt not vex, and shalt not oppress him; for strangers ye were in the land of Egypt.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
In Context
20(22:19) He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, shall be utterly destroyed.
22(22:21) Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Cross References
Exodus 20:2I am the Lord thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Leviticus 19:33And if a stranger sojourn with thee, in your land, ye shall not vex him.
Deuteronomy 10:18Who executeth justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 15:15And thou shalt remember that thou hast been a bond-man in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God hath redeemed thee; therefore do I command thee this thing today.
Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the cause of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge the raiment of a widow;
Psalms 146:9The Lord guardeth the strangers; the fatherless and widow he helpeth up; but the way of the wicked he maketh crooked.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:17-25
16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22… Read the whole commentary →