9Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: …
Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Here are, I. Cautions concerning judicial proceedings; it was not enough that they had good laws, better than ever any nation had, but care must be taken for the due administration of justice according to those laws. 1. The witnesses are here cautioned that they neither occasion an innocent man to be indicted, by raising a false report of him and setting common fame against him, nor assist in the…
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