(A)You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the [a]feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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Notas al pie

  1. Exodus 23:9 Lit soul

“You must not oppress foreigners. You know what it’s like to be a foreigner, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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10 And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God.

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10 It is the same with your grape crop—do not strip every last bunch of grapes from the vines, and do not pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. Leave them for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.

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33 (A)When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not [a]do him wrong. 34 The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and (B)you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

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Notas al pie

  1. Leviticus 19:33 Lit oppress him

33 “Do not take advantage of foreigners who live among you in your land. 34 Treat them like native-born Israelites, and love them as you love yourself. Remember that you were once foreigners living in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

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22 (A)When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the stranger. I am the Lord your God.’”

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22 “When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. Leave it for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.”

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Of Poor Countrymen

35 (A)Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his [a]means among you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a resident, so that he may live with you.

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  1. Leviticus 25:35 Lit hand

Redemption of the Poor and Enslaved

35 “If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and cannot support himself, support him as you would a foreigner or a temporary resident and allow him to live with you.

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The Lord (A)watches over strangers;
He [a](B)supports the fatherless and the widow,
But He [b]thwarts (C)the way of the wicked.

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  1. Psalm 146:9 Or relieves
  2. Psalm 146:9 Lit bends

The Lord protects the foreigners among us.
    He cares for the orphans and widows,
    but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.

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