THEOSISDeuteronomy 23:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He shall dwell with thee in the place that shall please him, and shall rest in one of thy cities: give him no trouble.
לֹא־תַסְגִּ֥יר עֶ֖בֶד אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֑יו אֲשֶׁר־יִנָּצֵ֥ל אֵלֶ֖יךָ מֵעִ֥ם אֲדֹנָֽיו׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 22:21Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Ex 23:9Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Jer 7:6If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and walk not after strange gods to your own hurt,
- Luke 15:15And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine.
- Luke 15:24Because this my son was dead and is come to life again, was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
- Mal 3:5And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Isa 16:3Take counsel, gather a council: make thy shadow as the night in the midday: hide them that flee, and betray not them that wander about.
- Isa 16:4My fugitives shall dwell with thee: O Moab, be thou a covert to them from the face of the destroyer: for the dust is at an end, the wretch is consumed: he hath failed, that trod the earth under foot.