Leviticus 24:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִשְׁפַּ֤ט אֶחָד֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם כַּגֵּ֥ר כָּאֶזְרָ֖ח יִהְיֶ֑ה כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

mišpaṭ ʾeḥād yihyeh lākem kaggēr kāʾezrāḥ yihyeh kî ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem

Grammar Details

*mišpaṭ*: noun, masculine singular construct - judgment of
*ʾeḥād*: adjective, masculine singular - one/single
*yihyeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall be
*lākem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to/for you
*kaggēr*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - as the sojourner
*kāʾezrāḥ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - as the native-born
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st singular - I
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God

Word Meanings

*mišpaṭ ʾeḥād*: one law/same judgment/one standard
*kaggēr kāʾezrāḥ*: stranger and native-born alike
*kî ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem*: for I am YHWH your God

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Referenced Verses

Exod 12:49 : 49 One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
Num 9:14 : 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto Jehovah; according to the statute of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one statute, both for the sojourner, and for him that is born in the land.
Num 15:15-16 : 15 For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth [with you], a statute for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah. 16 One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
Num 15:29 : 29 Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
Lev 19:34 : 34 The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
Lev 17:10 : 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

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Num 15:14-17
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14And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; as ye do, so he shall do.
15For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth [with you], a statute for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah.
16One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
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48And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to Jehovah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
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33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.
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29Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
Num 9:14
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14And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto Jehovah; according to the statute of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one statute, both for the sojourner, and for him that is born in the land.
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