KJV King James Version
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I [am] the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 24:22
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I [am] the LORD your God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
WEB World English Bible
You shall have one kind of law, for the foreigner as well as the native-born: for I am Yahweh your God.’”
ASV American Standard Version
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
one judgment is to you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I am Jehovah your God.’
Surrounding context — Leviticus 24
19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him [again].
21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I [am] the LORD your God.
23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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Exodus 12:49One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.Numbers 15:15-16One ordinance [shall be both] for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth [with you], an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye [are], so shall the stranger be before the LORD.Numbers 9:14And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.Numbers 15:29Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, [both for] him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.Leviticus 19:34[But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.Leviticus 17:10And whatsoever man [there be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
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