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He doesעֹשֶׂהjusticeמִשְׁפַּטfor the orphanיָתוֹםand the widow,וְאַלְמָנָהand lovesוְאֹהֵבthe resident alien,גֵּרgivingלָתֶתhimלוֹbreadלֶחֶםand a cloak.וְשִׂמְלָה
Deuteronomy 10:18
Study it in the app“He does justice for the orphan and the widow, and loves the resident alien, giving him bread and a cloak.”
God takes no bribe and does justice for the orphan, the widow and the foreignerHolinessThe God who takes no bribe loves the foreigner and defends the orphanJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 10:18, word by word
- He doesעֹשֶׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- justiceמִשְׁפַּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- for the orphanיָתוֹםyatom
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appears- and the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears- and lovesאֹהֵבohev
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ohev” appears- the resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- givingתֶתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- and a cloakשִׂמְלָהsimla
cloak
Cloak: the outer garment, which also served as a covering for sleeping.
Where else “simla” appears
The context
17For YHWH your Elohim, he is Elohim of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and fearsome El, who does not show favoritism and does not take a bribe.
18 · This verse (above)
19So you shall love the resident alien, for you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.