Exodus 23:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heartd of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. ”

Exodus 23:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Four precepts evidently addressed to those in authority as judges: (a) To do justice to the poor. Comparing Exodus 23:6 Exodus 23:6 with Exodus 23:3 , it was the part of the judge to defen...
Exodus 23:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the (e) heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (e) For since he is a stranger, his heart is sorrowful enough.
Exodus 23:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:1-9 R. Justice. Form and substance also separate this group from the Judgments and ally it with the Words of Yahweh in the Covenant Book. Circulating groundless reports ( Exodus 23:1...
Exodus 23:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

heart . soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Exodus 23:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ye know the heart of a stranger - Having been strangers yourselves, under s...
Exodus 23:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. These verses contain a series of cautions to rulers and magistrates to...
Exodus 23:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Book of the Covenant (concluded) 1-19. Miscellaneous Laws.
Exodus 23:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXIII. (1-19) The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to the first clause of Exodus 23:...
Exodus 23:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Laws of Conduct and Worship Exodus 23:1-17 We may apply these various precepts to our own hearts. Many of them breathe the very spirit of Christ. We must watch our speech, so that no man's char...
Exodus 23:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The enactments now recorded have to do with the administration of justice. A study of them reveals that true justice is always merciful and yet makes sterner demand than any moral code of laws. The d...
Exodus 23:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these are so many repeated commands of one and the same rule of equity, and which the Lord Jesus hath given a full commentary of. Matthew 7:12 .
Exodus 23:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Also thou shall not oppress a stranger ,.... As these were not to be vexed and oppressed in a private manner and by private men, see Exodus 22:21 so neither in a public manner, and in a public co...
Exodus 23:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ver. 9. Thou shalt not oppress, &c. ] See Trapp on " Exo 22:21 "...
Exodus 23:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shalt not oppress the stranger Though aliens might not inherit lands among them; yet, they must have justice done them. It is an instance of the equity of our law, that if an alien be tried fo...
Exodus 23:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

INSISTENCE ON HONESTY (vs.1-9) Consistently with the language of law, the question of honesty is looked at from a negative viewpoint, that is, emphasizing what one should not do. How easily one m...
Exodus 23:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judicial Laws. B. C. 1491. 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand wit...
Exodus 23:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 9: The heart of a stranger, i.e. the disposition, dejection, and distress of his heart, which makes him an object of pity, not of malice or mischief.
Exodus 23:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Regulations Concerning Behaviour to One's Neighbour ( Exodus 23:1-9 ). There is an interesting pattern to the following verses. (Compare Exodus 23:1 with Exodus 23:7 ; Exodus 23:2 with Exodu...
Exodus 23:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise] = tissa , from the inf. napa , in its simple sense, “to carry,” and in its ethical, “to bear about in the heart.” Hence tissa is a pregna...
Exodus 23:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:1 . Put not thine hand with the wicked, do not conspire or agree with them. Exodus 23:3 . Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man. The meaning of this and the former verse is, ther...
Exodus 23:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for ye knew the heart of a stranger. The logic of law The argument is that our conduct is to spring out of our experience; we are to go back upon our own hist...
Exodus 23:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT .— Continued . EXPOSITION Exodus 23:1-2 MISCELLANEOUS LAWS — continued . The same want of logical arrangement appears in this chapter as in the preced...
Exodus 23:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Further Ordinances Regarding Social Relations
Exodus 23:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

thou shalt not Exodus 21:21 Deuteronomy 10:19 Deuteronomy 24:14-18 Deuteronomy 27:19 Psalms 94:6 Ezekiel 22:7 ye know Matthew 18:33 Hebrews 2:17 Hebrews 2:18 heart. Heb. soul
Exodus 23:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thou shalt not oppress the stranger — Though aliens might not inherit lands among them; yet they must have justice done them. It was an instance of the equity of our law, that if an alien be tried...

Exodus 23:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 23:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 23:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 23:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 23:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 23:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 23:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 23:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 23:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 23:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 23:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 23:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 23:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 23:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 23:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 23:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 23:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 23:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 23:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes