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Exodus 23:9

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9“Also myou shall not oppress a 1stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. 1sojourner

Cross references

  1. mEx. 22:21; Lev. 19:33; Deut. 24:17; 27:19

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You must not oppress a resident alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be a resident alien because you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must not oppress foreigners. You know what it’s like to be a foreigner, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you will not oppress an alien; you yourselves know the feelings of the alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

KJV 1900King 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.