Deuteronomy 23:16

Mercy and compassion The stranger and outcast Protection and safety

¹⁴ For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

¹⁵ Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

¹⁷ There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

¹⁸ Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
KJV: He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
WEB: He shall dwell with you, among you, in the place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best. You shall not oppress him.
ASV: he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
DARBY: he shall dwell with thee, even in thy midst, in the place that he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it seemeth good to him; thou shalt not oppress him.
BLB: He will dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he chooses, within one of your gates, where it is pleasing to him. You shall not oppress him.

ÅB: Han skal bli hos deg i ditt land på det sted han utvelger seg i en av dine byer, hvor det tykkes ham best; du skal ikke være hård imot ham.
OTB: La dem bo blant dere hvor de enn velger, i hvilken som helst by de foretrekker. Ikke undertrykk dem.
B1930: Han skal bli hos dig i ditt land på det sted han utvelger sig i en av dine byer, hvor det tykkes ham best; du skal ikke være hård imot ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 22:21
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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James 2:6
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
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Exodus 23:9
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Zechariah 7:10
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
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Isaiah 16:3–4
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
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Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to 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 fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Jeremiah 7:6
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
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Titus 3:2–3
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
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