Exodus 22:21 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 22:21

You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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ASV

And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

KJV

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְגֵ֥ר	ve.Ger	and a sojourner	H1616 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תוֹנֶ֖ה	to.Neh	you must maltreat	H3238 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
תִלְחָצֶ֑נּוּ	til.cha.Tze.nu	you must oppress him	H3905 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
גֵרִ֥ים	ge.Rim	sojourners	H1616 →
הֱיִיתֶ֖ם	he.yi.Tem	you were	H1961 →
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרָֽיִם׃	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 23:7
Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
leads to
- Exodus 23:9
  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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 10:19
  So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 19:34
  You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
- Genesis 25:24–26
  When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
Through
Deuteronomy 10:19
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
leads to
- Leviticus 19:33–34
  When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
Through
Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
leads to
- Jeremiah 5:28
  They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the…
- Psalms 21:11
  Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
Through
Exodus 23:9
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.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 27:19
  ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’