Exodus 23:9
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Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

thou shalt not

Exodus 21:21 But if the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the punishment, because it is his money.

Deuteronomy 10:19 And do you therefore love strangers, because you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 24:14-18 Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the needy, and the poor, whether he be thy brother, or a stranger that dwelleth with thee in the land, and is within thy gates: . . .

Deuteronomy 27:19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Psalm 94:6 They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.

Ezekiel 22:7 They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee.

ye know

Matthew 18:33 Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee?

Hebrews 2:17,18 Wherefore, it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest before God, that he might be a propitiation for the sins of the people. . . .

heart.

Context
Justice and Mercy
8Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just. 9Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Cross References
Exodus 22:21
Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:33
If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide among you, do not upbraid hin:

Deuteronomy 23:7
Thou shalt not abhor the Edomite, because he is thy brother: nor the Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless, neither shalt thou take away the widow's raiment for a pledge.

Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Ezekiel 22:7
They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee.

Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery: they afflicted the needy and poor, and they oppressed the stranger by calumny without judgment.

Lexicon
Do not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

oppress
תִלְחָ֑ץ (ṯil·ḥāṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3905: To squeeze, press, oppress

a foreign resident,
וְגֵ֖ר (wə·ḡêr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1616: A guest, a foreigner

since you
וְאַתֶּ֗ם (wə·’at·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

yourselves know
יְדַעְתֶּם֙ (yə·ḏa‘·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

how it feels to be foreigners;
הַגֵּ֔ר (hag·gêr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1616: A guest, a foreigner

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you were
הֱיִיתֶ֖ם (hĕ·yî·ṯem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

foreigners
גֵרִ֥ים (ḡê·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1616: A guest, a foreigner

in the land
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

of Egypt.
מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (miṣ·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa


Additional Translations
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.Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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

And ye shall not afflict a stranger, for ye know the heart of a stranger; for ye were yourselves strangers in the land of Egypt.

And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

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

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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

'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye -- ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
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