Exodus 23:9
And a sojourner, shalt thou not drive away,—seeing that, ye yourselves, know the, soul of a sojourner; for sojourners, became ye in the land of Egypt.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10And six years, shalt thou sow thy land,—and shalt gather the yield thereof;
Cross References
Exodus 22:20He that sacrificeth to the gods shall be devoted to destruction,—except [he sacrificeth] to Yahweh alone.
Deuteronomy 10:19Therefore shall ye love the sojourner,—for sojourners, became ye in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed, be he that perverteth the right of the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow. And all the people shall say—Amen.
Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother, have they despised in thee, To the sojourner, have they dealt with oppression in the midst of thee,— The fatherless and the widow, have they maltreated in thee:
Matthew 18:33Was it not binding, upon thee also, to have mercy upon thy fellow-servant, as, I also, on thee, had mercy?
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 →