Exodus 23:9
'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye — ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10'And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase;
Cross References
Exodus 22:20'He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.
Deuteronomy 10:19'And ye have loved the sojourner, for sojourners ye were in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19'Cursed [is] he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, — and all the people have said, Amen.
Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.
Matthew 18:33did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?
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 →