“ And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vexd him. ”
The stranger - The foreigner. See Leviticus 16:29 note; Exodus 23:9 .
Final Rules of Humanity and Justice. Resident aliens are to be respected; fraud is to be banished. For the stranger, cf. Leviticus 17:8 f.*. Straightforward dealing is here placed in a position...
thee. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "you". vex . oppress.
Leviticus 19:33 . And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land. Before I pass on to the other iniquities, I have thought fit to introduce this precept, wherein the people are commanded to...
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. If a stranger sojourn - This law to protect and comfort the stranger was at once humane and politic. None is so desolate as the...
If a stranger sojourn with thee— The reason subjoined, Leviticus 19:34 for this humanity to strangers, for ye were strangers, &c. evidently proves that strangers in general, not proselyt...
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. If a stranger sojourn with thee. The Israelites were to hold out encouragement to strangers to settle among them, that...
Various Laws, mainly of a Moral and Humane Character This chapter was very naturally regarded by Jewish authorities as an embodiment of the Decalogue. It will be observed that in general the prece...
And if a stranger sojourn with thee. — The stranger, for whose benefit the legislators enacted so many humane and benign laws, and with regard to whom the book of Leviticus has laid down so many pr...
THE LAW OF HOLINESS (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 19:1-37 WE have in this chapter a series of precepts and prohibitions which from internal evidence appear to have been selected by an inspired redactor...
The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis, namely, the fact that the God of this people is Jehovah. There was, first...
These precepts are to the same effect as the former, in point of plainness and tendency. And they are enforced by the same authority. It is very interesting to the true believer in CHRIST, while read...
And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land ,.... Ben Gersom, and others, understand this of a proselyte of righteousness, who was circumcised, and in all things conformed to the Jewish religion...
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. Ver. 33. And if a stranger. ] See Trapp on " Exo 22:21 "
Vex him Either with opprobrious expressions, or grievous exactions.
MANY LAWS GROUPED TOGETHER (vv. 1-37) We have seen at the beginning and end of chapter 18 God's announcement, “I am the Lord your God.” In chapter 19 the expression “I am the Lord” occurs 15 times...
Moral Laws. B. C. 1490. 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am...
Either with opprobrious expressions, or grievous exactions.
The Right Attitude Towards the Resident Alien ( Leviticus 19:33-34 ). Leviticus 19:33-34 “And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. The stranger who sojourns...
Practical Piety: Religion in all Relationships SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 19:2 .—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say: Nowhere else in the whole of Leviticus doe...
The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be better understood. Most of these having already been explained,...
The stranger. ., shall be. .. as one born among you. Strangers befriended I. The danger apprehended. The fear was lest they should grow too inclusive and haughty, and begin to despise and oppr...
EXPOSITION From the prohibition of moral uncleanness exhibiting itself in the form of incest and licentiousness, the legislator proceeds to a series of laws and commandments against other kinds...
Deuteronomy 10:18 ; Deuteronomy 10:19 ; Deuteronomy 24:14 ; Exodus 22:21 ; Exodus 23:9 ; Ezekiel 22:29 ; Ezekiel 22:7 ; Jeremiah 7:6 ; Malachi 3:5
Vex him — Either with opprobrious expressions, or grievous exactions.