Leviticus 19:33

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
stranger	גֵּ֖ר ger	H1616	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
sojourn	יָג֧וּר ya.Gur	H1481	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
land	בְּאַרְצְכֶ֑ם be.'ar.tze.Khem	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
vex	תוֹנ֖וּ to.Nu	H3238	to rage or be violent · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 24:14 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 with…
Jeremiah 7:6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to y…
Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false…
Deuteronomy 10:18-19 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Ezekiel 22:7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they ve…
Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:30–end

Here is, I. A law for the preserving of the honour of the time and place appropriated to the service of God, Lev 19:30. This would be a means to secure them both from the idolatries and superstitions of the heathen and from all immoralities in conversation. 1. Sabbaths must be religiously observed, and not those times mentioned (Lev 19:26) to which the heathen had a superstitious regard. 2. The sanctuary must be reverenced: great care must be taken to approach the tabernacle with that purity and preparation which the law required, and to attend there with that humility, decency, and closeness of application which became them in the immediate presence of such an awful majesty. Though now ther…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 19:33

if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him--The Israelites were to hold out encouragement to strangers to settle among them, that they might be brought to the knowledge and worship of the true God; and with this in view, they were enjoined to treat them not as aliens, but as friends, on the ground that they themselves, who were strangers in Egypt, were at first kindly and hospitably received in that country.

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 19:33

If a stranger sojourn - This law to protect and comfort the stranger was at once humane and politic. None is so desolate as the stranger, and none needs the offices of benevolence and charity more: and we may add that he who is not affected by the desolate state of the stranger has neither benevolence nor charity. It was politic to encourage strangers, as in consequence many came, not only to sojourn, but to settle among the Jews, and thus their political strength became increased; and many of these settlers became at least proselytes of the gate if not proselytes of the covenant, and thus got their souls saved. Hence humanity, sound policy, and religion said, Vex not the stranger; thou shal…

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John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Alien — A foreigner, or person born in another country, and therefore not entitled to the rights and privileges of the country where he resides. Among the Hebrews there were two classes of aliens. (1.) Those…
Foreigner — A Gentile. Such as resided among the Hebrews were required by the law to be treated with kindness (Ex. 22:21; 23:9; Lev. 19:33, 34; 23:22; Deut. 14:28; 16:10, 11; 24:19). They enjoyed in many things…
Hospitality — Hospitality was regarded by most nations of the ancient world as one of the chief virtues. The Jewish laws respecting strangers (Leviticus 19:33,34) and the poor, (Leviticus 23:14) seq. Deuteronomy…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Aliens · To be treated with justice — To be treated with justice
Hospitality · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Strangers In Israel · Laws respecting: Not to be vexed or oppressed — Laws respecting: Not to be vexed or oppressed

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Leviticus 19:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:30–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 19:33

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 19:33

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 19:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:30–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 19:33

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 19:33

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 19:33-34

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 19:33-34

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 19:33-34

Rashi on Leviticus 19:33