(A)You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the [a]feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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  1. Exodus 23:9 Lit soul

33 (A)When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not [a]do him wrong. 34 The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and (B)you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

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  1. Leviticus 19:33 Lit oppress him

Of Poor Countrymen

35 (A)Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his [a]means among you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a resident, so that he may live with you.

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  1. Leviticus 25:35 Lit hand

16 “Then I ordered your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen and (A)judge righteously between a person and his fellow countryman, or the stranger who is with him.

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19 (A)So show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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19 (A)Cursed is one who distorts the justice due a stranger, an [a]orphan, or a widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 27:19 Or fatherless

10 and (A)do not oppress the widow or the [a]orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do (B)not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’

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  1. Zechariah 7:10 Or fatherless

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