Exodus 23:9
And ye shall not afflict a stranger, for ye know the heart of a stranger; for ye were yourselves strangers in the land of Egypt.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
8And thou shalt not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.
10Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the fruits of it.
Cross References
Exodus 22:20And ye shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:19And ye shall love the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed is everyone that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Ezekiel 22:7In thee they have reviled father and mother; and in thee they have behaved unjustly toward the stranger: they have oppressed the orphan and widow.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:2-10
Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help… Read the whole commentary →