🔥WEB · Exodus 22:21
What does Exodus 22:21 mean?
"“You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt."
— Exodus 22:21 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“You shall not allow a sorceress to live.
“Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.
“He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.
“You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
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