33 When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
34 You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
Focused Passage
Leviticus 19:33-34
Be Holy Because I Am Holy: Covenant Life Before God and Neighbor
The LORD commands the whole assembly of Israel to be holy because He is holy, then applies that holiness across reverence for parents, Sabbath keeping, rejection of idols, proper fellowship offerings, care for the poor and foreigner, honesty, justice, love of neighbor, sexual and agricultural boundaries, rejection of pagan practices, Sabbath and sanctuary reverence, honoring the elderly, love for the foreigner, and honest weights and measures.
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Verse 33
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When וְכִֽי־ H3588 Conjunction a foreigner גֵּ֖ר H1616 Noun - masculine singular resides יָג֧וּר H1481 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular with you אִתְּךָ֛ H854 Preposition | second person masculine singular in your land בְּאַרְצְכֶ֑ם H776 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural you must not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle oppress תוֹנ֖וּ H3238 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural him אֹתֽוֹ׃ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Verse 34
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You must treat יִהְיֶ֨ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular the foreigner הַגֵּ֣ר׀ H1616 Article | Noun - masculine singular living הַגָּ֣ר H1481 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular among you אִתְּכֶ֗ם H854 Preposition | second person masculine plural as native-born כְּאֶזְרָ֣ח H249 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular . . . מִכֶּם֩ Preposition | second person masculine plural and love וְאָהַבְתָּ֥ H157 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular him לוֹ֙ Preposition | third person masculine singular as yourself כָּמ֔וֹךָ H3644 Preposition | second person masculine singular for כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction you were הֱיִיתֶ֖ם H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural foreigners גֵרִ֥ים H1616 Noun - masculine plural in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ H776 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct of Egypt מִצְרָ֑יִם H4714 Noun - proper - feminine singular I אֲנִ֖י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular am the LORD יְהוָ֥ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural