Exodus 23:9
“You must not oppress a resident foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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- Deut 27:19 : 19 ‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
- Exod 22:21 : 21 “You must not wrong a resident foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Deut 10:19 : 19 So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Deut 24:14-18 : 14 You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages. 15 You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. 16 Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin. 17 You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan. 18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do all this.
- Exod 21:21 : 21 However, if the injured servant survives one or two days, the owner will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss.
- Ps 94:6 : 6 They kill the widow and the resident foreigner, and they murder the fatherless.
- Ezek 22:7 : 7 They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.
- Matt 18:33 : 33 Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’
- Heb 2:17-18 : 17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people. 18 For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
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- Exod 22:21-222 verses91%
21“You must not wrong a resident foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
22“You must not afflict any widow or orphan.
- Deut 10:18-192 verses87%
18who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.
19So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Lev 19:33-353 verses84%
33When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
34The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.
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14You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.
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7You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner in his land.
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6Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
- Deut 24:17-193 verses75%
17You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.
18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do all this.
19Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the LORD your God may bless all the work you do.
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17No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.
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22There will be one regulation for you, whether a resident foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the LORD your God.’”
- Deut 23:15-162 verses74%
15Purity in the Treatment of the Nonprivileged You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.
16Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages he prefers; you must not oppress him.
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10You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the resident foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow citizen.’
- Num 15:15-162 verses74%
15One statute must apply to you who belong to the congregation and to the resident foreigner who is living among you, as a permanent statute for your future generations. You and the resident foreigner will be alike before the LORD.
16One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.’”
- Deut 24:21-222 verses73%
21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.
22Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.
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16The Results of Disobedience“(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled.
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14If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.
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14If a resident foreigner lives among you and wants to keep the Passover to the LORD, he must do so according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its custom. You must have the same statute for the resident foreigner and for the one who was born in the land.’”
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10Sabbaths and Feasts“For six years you are to sow your land and gather in its produce.
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9There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.
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49The same law will apply to the person who is native-born and to the resident foreigner who lives among you.”
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29You must have one law for the person who sins unintentionally, both for the native-born among the Israelites and for the resident foreigner who lives among them.
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10lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.
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29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.
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6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.
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26You yourselves must obey my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst,
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15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.
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20You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the LORD your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.
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35Debt and Slave Regulations“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.
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43You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.
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45Also you may buy slaves from the children of the foreigners who reside with you, and from their families that are with you, whom they have fathered in your land, they may become your property.
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47“‘If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner’s family,
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12For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant’s son and the resident foreigner may refresh themselves.
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10You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
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7They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.
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12Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.
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9Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.
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3You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you; you must not walk in their statutes.
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6You may have the Sabbath produce of the land to eat– you, your male servant, your female servant, your hired worker, the resident foreigner who stays with you,
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29Then the Levites(because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do.
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10“‘No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest’s lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy,
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18You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
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43The resident foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.