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Exodus 23:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt. "

Exodus 23:9

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7 “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

8 “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

9 “You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

10 “For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,

11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.

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"“It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no kind of work, whether native-born or a stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;"

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"You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, where I dwell; for I, the LORD, dwell among the children of Israel.’”"

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Exodus 23:1

"“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness."

Exodus 23:2

"“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice."

Exodus 23:3

"You shall not favor a poor man in his cause."

Exodus 23:4

"“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again."

Exodus 23:5

"If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him. You shall surely help him with it."

Exodus 23:6

"“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits."

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