Exodus 22:21
And you⌃ shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for you⌃ were strangers in the land of Egypt.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 that sacrifices to any gods but to the Lord alone, shall be destroyed by death.
22You⌃ shall hurt no widow or orphan.
Cross References
Exodus 20:2I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Leviticus 19:33And if there should come to you a stranger in your land, you⌃ shall not afflict him.
Deuteronomy 10:18executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 15:15And you shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from thence; therefore I charge you to do this thing.
Deuteronomy 24:17You shall pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against you to the Lord, and it shall be sin in you.
Psalms 146:9and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him. 1
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 →