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You shall not oppressוְ לֹא תִלְחָץa resident alien;גֵרyouוְאַתֶּםknowיְדַעְתֶּםthe soulאֶת נֶפֶשׁof the resident alien,הַגֵּרforכִּיyou wereהֱיִיתֶםresident aliensגֵרִיםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 23:9
Study it in the app“You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the soul of the resident alien, for you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:9, word by word
- You shall not oppressתִלְחָץtilchats
oppress
To mistreat the weak or the foreigner.
Where else “tilchats” appears- a resident alienגֵרger
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- knowיְדַעְתֶּםyedatem
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedatem” appears- the soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- you wereהֱיִיתֶםheyitem
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyitem” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
8You shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
9 · This verse (above)
10Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce,