Leviticus 19:33
31 You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
32 You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
34 You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
35 You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
- KJV
- And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
- WEB
- “‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
- ASV
- And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.
- DARBY
- And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not molest him.
- BLB
- And if a sojourner sojourns with you in your⁺ land, you⁺ shall not oppress him.
- ÅB
- Når en fremmed bor hos dere i deres land, da skal dere ikke undertrykke ham.
- OTB
- Når en fremmed bor blant dere i deres land, skal dere ikke mishandle ham.
- B1930
- Når en fremmed bor hos eder i eders land, da skal I ikke undertrykke ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 22:21
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Read in contextExodus 23:9
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:6
if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 24:14
Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
Read in contextMalachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:18–19
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:7
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
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