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Exodus 23:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.

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They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.

Complete destruction will come on any man who makes offerings to any other god but the Lord.

Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.

The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.

In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

So be kind to the man from a strange country who is living among you, for you yourselves were living in a strange country in the land of Egypt.

But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.

Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.




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