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Verse Exodus 22:21. _THOU SHALT NEITHER VEX A STRANGER, NOR OPPRESS
HIM_] This was not only a very _humane_ law, but it was also the
offspring of a sound policy: "_Do not vex a stranger_; remember ye...
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A STRANGER - See Exodus 20:10 note....
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CHAPTER 22 FURTHER JUDGMENTS
_ 1. Concerning theft (Exodus 22:1)_
2. Concerning neglect in case of fire (Exodus 22:6)
3. Concerning dishonesty (Exodus 22:7)
4. Concerning immoralities and forbidde...
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EXODUS 22:18 E. VARIOUS ORDINANCES. From this point up to Exodus 23:9
we have to do with miscellaneous laws, differing in the main both in
form and substance from the Judgments, and therefore here reg...
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21-27. A group of humanitarian laws. The _gêr_, or resident
foreigner, the widow, and the orphan not to be oppressed, _vv._21 24;
interest not to be taken from the poor, _v._25; a garment taken in
ple...
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_a_ SOJOURNER _shalt thou not wrong_…; _for ye were_ SOJOURNERS _in
the land of Egypt_ The -sojourner" (_gêr_), or resident foreigner
(see on Exodus 12:48; and cf. Exodus 2:22; Exodus 20:10), had at t...
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Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33
_The Book of the Covenant_
The -Book of the Covenant" (see Exodus 24:7 in explanation of the
name) is the oldest piece of Hebrew legislation that we possess. The
laws co...
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THOU SHALT NEITHER VEX A STRANGER, &C.— The reason subjoined to
enforce this humane and hospitable law, plainly proves the general and
extensive meaning of the word _stranger:_ it implies all such per...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
22 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he
shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. (2) If the
thief be found breaking in,...
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_THOU SHALT NEITHER VEX A STRANGER, NOR OPPRESS HIM: FOR YE WERE
STRANGERS IN THE LAND OF EGYPT._
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him, х_ GEER_
(H1616)]. By "stranger" is meant foreign...
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Cp. Leviticus 19:33; Leviticus 19:34. The Mosaic Law repeatedly
emphasises the duty of kindly consideration of the weak and oppressed,
the afflicted and the poor. God is the champion and the avenger o...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONTINUED)
1. Four sheep] The larger compensation required in the case of the ox
is probably due to the fact that it is an animal used for labour, and
of proportionately hig...
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EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES
EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 22
LAWS ABOUT PROPERTY – VERSES 1-15
V1 The *LORD continued to spe...
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MISCELLANEOUS LAWS.
(16-31) The remainder of the chapter contains laws which it is
impossible to bring under any general head or heads, and which can,
therefore, only be regarded as miscellaneous. Mo...
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FOR YE WERE STRANGERS. — Ye should, therefore, sympathise with
“strangers;” not “vex them,” not “oppress them,” but
“love them as yourselves” (Leviticus 19:34). The condition of
foreigners in Israel i...
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(21-24) The juxtaposition of laws against oppression with three crimes
of the deepest dye seems intended to indicate that oppression is among
the sins which are most hateful in God’s sight. The lawgiv...
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_[Exodus 22:20]_ וְ גֵ֥ר לֹא ־תֹונֶ֖ה וְ...
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CHAPTER XXII.
_ THE LESSER LAW (continued)._
PART IV.
Exodus 22:16 - Exodus 23:19.
The Fourth section of this law within the law consists of enactments,
curiously disconnected, many of them without...
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THE STRANGER.
Exodus 22:21, Exodus 23:9.
Immediately after this, a ray of sunlight falls upon the sombre page.
We read an exhortation rather than a statute, which is repeated almost
literally in the...
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The laws of property follow. The section really begins with verse Exo
21:33 of the previous chapter. These laws also began by laying
emphasis on the guilt of carelessness. The truth emphasized is that...
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_Were strangers. The Celtes punished with death the murderer of a
stranger, which they only banished him who murdered a citizen.
(Calmet)_...
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This precept is sweetly enforced in many places of the old Testament.
Deuteronomy 10:19; Exodus 23:9....
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"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of
Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes
entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as
He had...
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THOU SHALL NOT VEX A STRANGER,.... One that is not born in the same
country, but comes into another country to sojourn, as Jarchi; not a
native of the place, but of another kingdom or country; a stran...
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Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt.
Ver. 21. _Theft shalt not vex a stranger._] The right of strangers is
so holy, saith one, that there wa...
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_A stranger_ must not be abused, not wronged in judgment by the
magistrates, not imposed upon in contracts, nor any advantage taken of
his ignorance or necessity, no, nor must he be taunted, or upbrai...
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1 Of theft.
5 Of dammage.
7 Of trespasses. 14.Of borrowing.
16 Of fornication.
18 Of witchcraft.
19 Of bestialitie.
20 Of idolatrie.
21 Of strangers, widowes, and fatherlesse.
25 Of vsurie.
2...
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Thou shalt neither vex a stranger nor oppress him, in no manner make
life miserable for him, either by open persecution or by constant
nagging; FOR YE WERE STRANGERS IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, and the memo...
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REGARDING VARIOUS SOCIAL RELATIONS...
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C. FIRST FORM OF THE LAW OF THE POLITICAL COMMONWEALTH
Exodus 21:1 to Exodus 23:33
_a. Right of Personal Freedom (according to Bertheau, ten in number)_
1Now these _are_ the judgments [ordinances] w...
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LAWS AS REGARDS PROPERTY
(vs.1-15)
While one rightly was control over his own property, yet he is also
responsible as to how he uses it. If one were to dig a pit, even on
his own property, and leave...
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The study of this section of our book is eminently calculated to
impress the heart with a sense d God's unsearchable wisdom and
infinite goodness. It enables one to form some idea of the character
of...
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Exodus 22:21 mistreat H3238 (H8686) stranger H1616 oppress H3905
(H8799) strangers H1616 land H776 Egypt H4714...
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EXPANSION OF THE TEN WORDS OF THE COVENANT (EXODUS 20:22 TO EXODUS
23:33).
In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly in
chiastic form (see later), Yahweh expands on the Ten W...
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SUNDRY REGULATIONS (EXODUS 22:18 TO EXODUS 23:9).
The regulations that follow are mainly apodictic, direct commands made
specifically by God requiring total obedience. As such they are not
paralleled...
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CONTENTS: Judgments on rights of property; crimes against humanity.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: Man's attitude to his fellow man will be based on his
attitude to God and His law.
KEY WORD:...
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Exodus 22:2. _Breaking up,_ by forcible entrance into a house, _there
shall no blood be shed for him,_ though he be killed by another in his
own defence. In that case the thief might be presumed to ha...
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_Neither vex a stranger._
THE STRANGER
The spirit of the Hebrew law was broader than race, or country, or
kindred. Among the ancients generally a foreigner had no rights in any
country but his own. I...
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_SUGGESTIVE COMMENTS ON THE VERSES_
WITCHCRAFT.—_Exodus 22:18_
The term is here used to represent the whole class of wizards,
necromancers, and diviners with which the world has been infested from
a...
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EXPOSITION
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS (Exodus 22:16-2)
EXODUS 22:16, EXODUS 22:17
_Laws against seduction_. It has been
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EXPOSITION
II. LAWS CONNECTED WITH RIGHTS OF PROPERTY (verses 33-36). From the
consideration of injuries to the person, the legislator proceeds to
treat of injuries to property, and, as he has been sp...
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If a man shall steal an ox, and kill it, [The rustlers] and sell it;
he shall restore five oxen for an ox, four sheep for a sheep (Exodus
22:1).
You see in those days they were interested in taking ca...
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vex a stranger Exodus 23:9 Leviticus 19:33 Leviticus 25:35 Deuteronomy
10:19...
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A stranger must not be abused, not wronged in judgment by the
magistrates, not imposed upon in contracts, nor any advantage taken of
his ignorance or necessity, no, nor must he be taunted, or upbraide...