Exodus 22:20
And a stranger thou shalt not trouble nor oppress; for you were sojourners in the land of Mizraim.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
In Context
21Afflict not the widow or the orphan:
Cross References
Leviticus 19:33And if a stranger sojourn with you in the land, you shall not oppress him.
Numbers 25:2And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their idols, and the people did eat and bowed down to their idols.
Deuteronomy 10:18He executeth judgment for the orphan and the widow, and hath pity on the stranger to give him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 17:2If, in anyone of the cities which the Lord thy God will give thee, there be found a man or woman who hath done evil before the Lord thy God in transgressing his covenant,
Deuteronomy 23:8Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor a Mizraite, for thou wast a sojourner in his land.
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 →