^19:33When a foreigner resides⁵³ with you in your land, you must not oppress him. ^19:34The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so⁵⁴ you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. ^19:35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.⁵⁵^19:36You must have honest balances,⁵⁶ honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin.⁵⁷ I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt. ^19:37You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations.⁵⁸ I am the Lord.’ ”

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Footnotes

53 Heb “And when a sojourner sojourns.”
54 Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.
55 That is, liquid capacity ( מְשׂוּרָה). Cf. , , , “quantity”; , “capacity.”
56 Heb “balances of righteousness,” and so throughout this sentence.
57 An ephah is a dry measure which measures about four gallons, or perhaps one third of a bushel, while a hin is a liquid measure of about 3.6 liters (= approximately 1 quart).
58 Heb “And you shall keep all my statutes and all my regulations and you shall do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modifier of the action of the second verb (see §120.d, although שָׁמַר [shamar, “to keep”] is not cited there; cf. Lev 22:31).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. And you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

“ ‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity. Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.

“ ‘Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the Lord.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“When an alien resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him. You will regard the alien who resides with you as the native-born among you. You are to love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

“Do not be unfair in measurements of length, weight, or volume. You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Keep all my statutes and all my ordinances and do them; I am the Lord.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Do not take advantage of foreigners who live among you in your land. Treat them like native-born Israelites, and love them as you love yourself. Remember that you were once foreigners living in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

“Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight, or volume. Your scales and weights must be accurate. Your containers for measuring dry materials or liquids must be accurate. I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

“You must be careful to keep all of my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice. I am the Lord.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“ ‘And when an alien dwells with you in your land, you shall not oppress him. The alien who is dwelling with you shall be like a native among you, and you shall love him like yourself, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.

“ ‘You shall not commit injustice in regulation, in measurement, in weight, or volume. You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin; I am Yahweh your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

“ ‘Thus you shall keep all my statutes and all my regulations, and you shall do them; I am Yahweh.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.

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