Exodus 23:9

And thou shalt not distress the sojourner; for you know the mind of a sojourner; for you were dwellers in the land of Mizraim.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

In Context

8And thou art not to receive a bribe; for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the just.

10Six years thou shalt sow the land and gather in its produce,

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Cross References

Exodus 22:20And a stranger thou shalt not trouble nor oppress; for you were sojourners in the land of Mizraim.

Deuteronomy 10:19Be loving then to the stranger, for you were sojourners in the land of Mizraim.

Deuteronomy 27:19Accursed he who perverteth the judgment of the stranger, the orphan, or the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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 →

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