Exodus 23:9
Also thou shalt not oppress a ger; for ye know the nefesh of a ger, seeing ye were gerim in Eretz Mitzrayim.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10And shesh shanim thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the crops thereof;
Cross References
Exodus 22:20Thou shalt neither mistreat a ger, nor oppress him; for ye were gerim in Eretz Mitzrayim.
Deuteronomy 10:19Love ye therefore the ger; for ye were gerim in Eretz Mitzrayim.
Deuteronomy 27:19Arur (cursed) be he that perverteth the mishpat of the ger, yatom, and almanah. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein.
Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they treated with contempt av and em in the midst of thee; they have dealt by oshek (oppression) with the ger (alien, proselyte); in thee have they mistreated the yatom and the almanah.
Matthew 18:33Was it not necessary also for you to have rachamim (mercy) upon your fellow servant?
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 →