1) sojourner 1a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights 1b) of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights
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Genesis 15:13 · גֵ֣ר׀And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;Genesis 23:4 · גֵּר־I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.Exodus 2:22 · גֵּ֣רAnd she bare [him] a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.Exodus 12:19 · בַּגֵּ֖רSeven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.Exodus 12:48 · גֵּ֗רAnd when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.Exodus 12:49 · וְלַגֵּ֖רOne law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.Exodus 18:3 · גֵּ֣רAnd her two sons; of which the name of the one [was] Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:Exodus 20:10 · וְגֵרְךָ֖֙But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:Exodus 22:21 · וְגֵ֥ר · גֵרִ֥יםThou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.Exodus 23:9 · וְגֵ֖ר · הַגֵּ֔ר · גֵרִ֥יםAlso thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.Exodus 23:12 · וְהַגֵּֽר׃Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.Leviticus 16:29 · וְהַגֵּ֖רAnd [this] shall be a statute for ever unto you: [that] in the seventh month, on the tenth [day] of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, [whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:Leviticus 17:8 · הַגֵּ֖רAnd thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man [there be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,Leviticus 17:10 · הַגֵּר֙And 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.Leviticus 17:12 · וְהַגֵּ֛רTherefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.Leviticus 17:13 · הַגֵּר֙And whatsoever man [there be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.Leviticus 17:15 · וּבַגֵּ֑רAnd every soul that eateth that which died [of itself], or that which was torn [with beasts, whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.Leviticus 18:26 · וְהַגֵּ֖רYe shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:Leviticus 19:10 · וְלַגֵּר֙And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather [every] grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I [am] the LORD your God.Leviticus 19:33 · גֵּ֖רAnd if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.Leviticus 19:34 · הַגֵּ֣ר׀ · גֵרִ֥ים[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 20:2 · הַגֵּ֣ר׀Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever [he be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth [any] of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.Leviticus 22:18 · הַגֵּ֣רSpeak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever [he be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;Leviticus 23:22 · וְלַגֵּר֙And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I [am] the LORD your God.Leviticus 24:16 · כַּגֵּר֙And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, [and] all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name [of the LORD], shall be put to death.Leviticus 24:22 · כַּגֵּ֥רYe 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.Leviticus 25:23 · גֵרִ֧יםThe land shall not be sold for ever: for the land [is] mine; for ye [are] strangers and sojourners with me.Leviticus 25:35 · גֵּ֧רAnd if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.Leviticus 25:47 · גֵּ֤ר · לְגֵ֤ר · גֵּֽר׃And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother [that dwelleth] by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger [or] sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:Numbers 9:14 · גֵּ֗ר · וְלַגֵּ֖רAnd 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 15:14 · גֵּ֜רAnd if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever [be] among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.Numbers 15:15 · וְלַגֵּ֣ר · כַּגֵּ֥רOne 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 15:16 · וְלַגֵּ֖רOne law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.Numbers 15:26 · וְלַגֵּ֖רAnd it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people [were] in ignorance.Numbers 15:29 · וְלַגֵּ֖רYe 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.Numbers 15:30 · הַגֵּ֔רBut the soul that doeth [ought] presumptuously, [whether he be] born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.Numbers 19:10 · וְלַגֵּ֛רAnd he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.Numbers 35:15 · וְלַגֵּ֤רThese six cities shall be a refuge, [both] for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.Deuteronomy 1:16 · גֵּרֽוֹ׃And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him.Deuteronomy 5:14 · וְגֵֽרְךָ֙But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.Deuteronomy 10:18 · גֵּ֔רHe doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.Deuteronomy 10:19 · הַגֵּ֑ר · גֵרִ֥יםLove ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 14:21 · לַגֵּ֨רYe shall not eat [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.Deuteronomy 14:29 · וְ֠הַגֵּרAnd the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which [are] within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.Deuteronomy 16:11 · וְהַגֵּ֛רAnd thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.Deuteronomy 16:14 · וְהַגֵּ֛רAnd thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within thy gates.Deuteronomy 23:7 · גֵ֖רThou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he [is] thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.Deuteronomy 24:14 · מִגֵּרְךָ֛Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:Deuteronomy 24:17 · גֵּ֣רThou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:Deuteronomy 24:19 · לַגֵּ֛רWhen thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.Deuteronomy 24:20 · לַגֵּ֛רWhen thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.Deuteronomy 24:21 · לַגֵּ֛רWhen thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean [it] afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.Deuteronomy 26:11 · וְהַגֵּ֖רAnd thou shalt rejoice in every good [thing] which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that [is] among you.Deuteronomy 26:12 · לַגֵּר֙When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, [which is] the year of tithing, and hast given [it] unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;Deuteronomy 26:13 · וְלַגֵּר֙Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of [mine] house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten [them]:Deuteronomy 27:19 · גֵּר־Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.Deuteronomy 28:43 · הַגֵּר֙The stranger that [is] within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.Deuteronomy 29:11 · וְגֵ֣רְךָ֔Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that [is] in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:Deuteronomy 31:12 · וְגֵרְךָ֖Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that [is] within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:Joshua 8:33 · כַּגֵּר֙And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.Joshua 8:35 · וְהַגֵּ֖רThere was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.Joshua 20:9 · וְלַגֵּר֙These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth [any] person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.2 Samuel 1:13 · גֵּ֥רAnd David said unto the young man that told him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.1 Chronicles 22:2 · הַגֵּרִ֔יםAnd David commanded to gather together the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.1 Chronicles 29:15 · גֵרִ֨יםFor we [are] strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding.2 Chronicles 2:17 · הַגֵּירִים֙And Solomon numbered all the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.2 Chronicles 30:25 · וְהַגֵּרִ֗יםAnd all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.Job 31:32 · גֵּ֑רThe stranger did not lodge in the street: [but] I opened my doors to the traveller.Psalm 39:12 · גֵ֣רHear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were].Psalm 94:6 · וְגֵ֣רThey slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.Psalm 119:19 · גֵּ֣רI [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.Psalm 146:9 · גֵּרִ֗יםThe LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.Isaiah 14:1 · הַגֵּר֙For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.Jeremiah 7:6 · גֵּ֣ר[If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:Jeremiah 14:8 · כְּגֵ֣רO the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man [that] turneth aside to tarry for a night?Jeremiah 22:3 · וְגֵר֩Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.Zechariah 7:10 · גֵּ֥רAnd oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.Malachi 3:5 · גֵר֙And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.