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Leviticus 19:33

19:32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. vex: or, oppress

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“‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

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

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

19:34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

What does Leviticus 19:33 mean?

Leviticus 19:33 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include גֵּר (gêr), גּוּר (gûwr), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets).

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And
if
a
strangerגֵּרgêr/gare/H1616properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
sojournגּוּרgûwr/goor/H1481properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)
with
thee
in
your
land,אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
ye
shall
not
vexיָנָהyânâh/yaw-naw'/H3238to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
him.
vex:
or,
oppress

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AliensHospitalityStrangers in Israel

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 19:33.

Exodus 22:21

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 14:7

For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:

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 wrongfully. oppression: or, deceit wrongfully: Heb. without right

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 vexed the fatherless and the widow. oppression: or, deceit

Ezekiel 47:22

And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

Ezekiel 47:23

And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

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What does Leviticus 19:33 say?

Leviticus 19:33 (King James Version) reads: "And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. vex: or, oppress"

Is Leviticus 19:33 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 19:33 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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