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׀Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.Genesis 23:4 · גֵּר־“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”Exodus 2:22 · גֵּ֣רAnd she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”Exodus 12:19 · בַּגֵּ֖רFor seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.Exodus 12:48 · גֵּ֗רIf a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.Exodus 12:49 · וְלַגֵּ֖רThe same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”Exodus 18:3 · גֵּ֣רalong with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”Exodus 20:10 · וְגֵרְךָ֖֙but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.Exodus 22:21 · וְגֵ֥ר · גֵרִ֥יםYou must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.Exodus 23:9 · וְגֵ֖ר · הַגֵּ֔ר · גֵרִ֥יםDo not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.Exodus 23:12 · וְהַגֵּֽר׃For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.Leviticus 16:29 · וְהַגֵּ֖רThis is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—Leviticus 17:8 · הַגֵּ֖רTell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrificeLeviticus 17:10 · הַגֵּר֙If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.Leviticus 17:12 · וְהַגֵּ֛רTherefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’Leviticus 17:13 · הַגֵּר֙And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.Leviticus 17:15 · וּבַגֵּ֑רAnd any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.Leviticus 18:26 · וְהַגֵּ֖רBut you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.Leviticus 19:10 · וְלַגֵּר֙You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.Leviticus 19:33 · גֵּ֖רWhen a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.Leviticus 19:34 · הַגֵּ֣ר׀ · גֵרִ֥יםYou 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.Leviticus 20:2 · הַגֵּ֣ר׀“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.Leviticus 22:18 · הַגֵּ֣ר“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,Leviticus 23:22 · וְלַגֵּר֙When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”Leviticus 24:16 · כַּגֵּר֙Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.Leviticus 24:22 · כַּגֵּ֥רYou are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”Leviticus 25:23 · גֵרִ֧יםThe land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.Leviticus 25:35 · גֵּ֧רNow if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.Leviticus 25:47 · גֵּ֤ר · לְגֵ֤ר · גֵּֽר׃If a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan,Numbers 9:14 · גֵּ֗ר · וְלַגֵּ֖רIf a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”Numbers 15:14 · גֵּ֜רAnd for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do.Numbers 15:15 · וְלַגֵּ֣ר · כַּגֵּ֥רThe assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD.Numbers 15:16 · וְלַגֵּ֖רThe same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”Numbers 15:26 · וְלַגֵּ֖רThen the whole congregation of Israel and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, since it happened to all the people unintentionally.Numbers 15:29 · וְלַגֵּ֖רYou shall have the same law for the one who acts in error, whether he is a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.Numbers 15:30 · הַגֵּ֔רBut the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.Numbers 19:10 · וְלַגֵּ֛רThe man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.Numbers 35:15 · וְלַגֵּ֤רThese six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.Deuteronomy 1:16 · גֵּרֽוֹ׃At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.Deuteronomy 5:14 · וְגֵֽרְךָ֙but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.Deuteronomy 10:18 · גֵּ֔רHe executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.Deuteronomy 10:19 · הַגֵּ֑ר · גֵרִ֥יםSo you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 14:21 · לַגֵּ֨רYou are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.Deuteronomy 14:29 · וְ֠הַגֵּרThen the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.Deuteronomy 16:11 · וְהַגֵּ֛רand you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.Deuteronomy 16:14 · וְהַגֵּ֛רAnd you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.Deuteronomy 23:7 · גֵ֖רDo not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.Deuteronomy 24:14 · מִגֵּרְךָ֛Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.Deuteronomy 24:17 · גֵּ֣רDo not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.Deuteronomy 24:19 · לַגֵּ֛רIf you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.Deuteronomy 24:20 · לַגֵּ֛רWhen you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.Deuteronomy 24:21 · לַגֵּ֛רWhen you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.Deuteronomy 26:11 · וְהַגֵּ֖רSo you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.Deuteronomy 26:12 · לַגֵּר֙When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.Deuteronomy 26:13 · וְלַגֵּר֙Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.Deuteronomy 27:19 · גֵּר־‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 28:43 · הַגֵּר֙The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.Deuteronomy 29:11 · וְגֵ֣רְךָ֔your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—Deuteronomy 31:12 · וְגֵרְךָ֖Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.Joshua 8:33 · כַּגֵּר֙All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.Joshua 8:35 · וְהַגֵּ֖רThere was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.Joshua 20:9 · וְלַגֵּר֙These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.2 Samuel 1:13 · גֵּ֥רAnd David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”1 Chronicles 22:2 · הַגֵּרִ֔יםSo David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.1 Chronicles 29:15 · גֵרִ֨יםFor we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.2 Chronicles 2:17 · הַגֵּירִים֙Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.2 Chronicles 30:25 · וְהַגֵּרִ֗יםThen the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah.Job 31:32 · גֵּ֑רbut no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—Psalm 39:12 · גֵ֣רHear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.Psalm 94:6 · וְגֵ֣רThey kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.Psalm 119:19 · גֵּ֣רI am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.Psalm 146:9 · גֵּרִ֗יםThe LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.Isaiah 14:1 · הַגֵּר֙For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.Jeremiah 7:6 · גֵּ֣רif you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,Jeremiah 14:8 · כְּגֵ֣רO Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?Jeremiah 22:3 · וְגֵר֩This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.Zechariah 7:10 · גֵּ֥רDo not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’Malachi 3:5 · גֵר֙“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.