Leviticus 19:33
“‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 22:20“He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.
Exodus 23:9“You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 24:14You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates.
Ezekiel 22:7In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. Amongst you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Malachi 3:5I will come near to you to judgement. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says the LORD of Armies.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:31-37
Moral Laws. ( b. c. 1490.) 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord . 31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord . 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love… Read the whole commentary →