15These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
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One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-34)We have here the orders given concerning the cities of refuge, fitly annexed to what goes before, because they were all Levites’ cities. In this part of the constitution there is a great deal both of good law and pure gospel. I. Here is a great deal of good law, in the case of murder and manslaughter, a case of which the laws of all nations have taken particular cognizance. It is here enacted and…
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