Exodus 22:21
And you do not oppress a sojourner, nor crush him, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Literal Standard Version
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
20He who is sacrificing to a god, except to YHWH alone, is devoted.
22You do not afflict any widow or orphan;
Cross References
Exodus 20:2“I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.
Leviticus 19:33And when a sojourner sojourns with you in your land, you do not oppress him;
Deuteronomy 10:18He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give bread and raiment to him.
Deuteronomy 15:15and you have remembered that you have been a servant in the land of Egypt, and your God YHWH ransoms you; therefore I am commanding you this thing today.
Deuteronomy 24:17You do not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take the garment of a widow in pledge;
Psalms 146:9YHWH is preserving the strangers, || He causes the fatherless and widow to stand, || And He turns the way of the wicked upside down.
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 →