Exodus 23:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 23:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ 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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WEB

World English Bible

“You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 23

⁷ Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

⁸ Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

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.

¹⁰ For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

¹¹ but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

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