Exodus 23:9

וְגֵר לֹא תִלְחָץ וְאַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם אֶת ־ נֶפֶשׁ הַגֵּר כִּֽי ־ גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

8וְשֹׁחַד לֹא תִקָּח כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר פִּקְחִים וִֽיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִֽים ׃

10וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים תִּזְרַע אֶת ־ אַרְצֶךָ וְאָסַפְתָּ אֶת ־ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 22:20וְגֵר לֹא ־ תוֹנֶה וְלֹא תִלְחָצֶנּוּ כִּֽי ־ גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם ׃

Deuteronomy 10:19וַאֲהַבְתֶּם אֶת ־ הַגֵּר כִּֽי ־ גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם ׃

Deuteronomy 27:19אָרוּר מַטֶּה מִשְׁפַּט גֵּר ־ יָתוֹם וְאַלְמָנָה וְאָמַר כָּל ־ הָעָם אָמֵֽן ׃ ס

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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