Leviticus 19:33
And when a sojourner sojourns with you in your land, you do not oppress him;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 22:20He who is sacrificing to a god, except to YHWH alone, is devoted.
Exodus 23:9And you do not oppress a sojourner, since you have known the soul of the sojourner, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 24:14You do not oppress a hired worker, poor and needy, of your brothers or of your sojourner who is in your land within your gates;
Ezekiel 22:7They have made light of father and mother in you, || They dealt oppressively to a sojourner in your midst, || They oppressed fatherless and widow in you.
Malachi 3:5And I have drawn near to you for judgment, || And I have been a witness, || Making haste against sorcerers, and against adulterers, || And against swearers to a falsehood, || And against oppressors of the hire of a hired worker, || Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, || And those turning aside a sojourner, || And who do not fear Me,” said YHWH of Hosts.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:31-37
Moral Laws. ( b. c. 1490.) 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord . 31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord . 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love… Read the whole commentary →