Exodus 23:9
You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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8Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see, and perverts honest people's words.
10For six years you will sow seed on your land and gather in its produce.
Cross References
Exodus 22:20Whoever sacrifices to any god except to Yahweh must be completely destroyed.
Deuteronomy 10:19Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19'May the man be cursed who uses force to take away the justice due to a foreigner, fatherless, or widow.' Then all the people must say, 'Amen.'
Ezekiel 22:7They have dishonored fathers and mothers within you, and they have performed oppression on the foreigners in your midst. They have mistreated the orphans and the widows within you.
Matthew 18:33Should you not have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'
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 →