Exodus 22:21

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Summary

Exodus 22:21

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Vex a stranger

For ye were strangers

Deuteronomy 23:7

General references

Deuteronomy 10:19

Deuteronomy 27:19

Bible References

Vex a stranger

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for ye know the state of the soul of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not oppress him.

And if thy brother becomes poor and comes unto thee, then thou shalt receive him; as a stranger, or a sojourner, he shall live with thee.

Ye shall love, therefore, the stranger, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

if ye do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt,

Thus hath the LORD said: Execute judgment and righteousness and deliver the oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor and do not deceive, neither steal from the stranger nor from the fatherless nor from the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

and do not oppress the widow nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

And I will come near unto you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against false swearers and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, said the LORD of the hosts.

For ye were strangers

I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery.

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for ye know the state of the soul of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Ye shall love, therefore, the stranger, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God ransomed thee; therefore, I command thee this thing to day.

Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian because thou wast a stranger in his land.

General references

Ye shall love, therefore, the stranger, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Cursed is he that twists the rights of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.