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

Bible Comments

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

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