John Trapp Complete Commentary
Leviticus 19:33
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
Ver. 33. And if a stranger.] See Trapp on " Exo 22:21 "
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
Ver. 33. And if a stranger.] See Trapp on " Exo 22:21 "
Verse 33. _IF A STRANGER SOJOURN_] This law to protect and comfort the stranger was at once humane and politic. None is so desolate as the stranger, and none needs the offices of benevolence and char...
THE STRANGER - The foreigner. See Leviticus 16:29 note; Exodus 23:9....
2. DIFFERENT DUTIES CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Honoring parents and fearing God (Leviticus 19:1)_ 2. The care of the poor (Leviticus 19:9) 3. Against stealing and lying (Leviticus 19:11) 4
FINAL RULES OF HUMANITY AND JUSTICE. Resident aliens are to be respected; fraud is to be banished. For the stranger, _cf. Leviticus 17:8_ f.*. Straightforward dealing is here placed in a position of s...
THEE. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "you". VEX. oppress....
Cp. Exodus 22:21; Exodus 23:9; Deuteronomy 10:19; cp. Malachi 3:5....
IF A STRANGER SOJOURN WITH THEE— The reason subjoined, Leviticus 19:34 for this humanity to strangers, _for ye were strangers,_ &c. evidently proves that _strangers_ in general, not _proselytes_ only...
CONCLUDING INJUCTIONS 19:30-37 TEXT 19:30-37 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah. 31 Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek...
_AND IF A STRANGER SOJOURN WITH THEE IN YOUR LAND, YE SHALL NOT VEX HIM._ If a stranger sojourn with thee. The Israelites were to hold out encouragement to strangers to settle among them, that these...
VARIOUS LAWS, MAINLY OF A MORAL AND HUMANE CHARACTER This chapter was very naturally regarded by Jewish authorities as an embodiment of the Decalogue. It will be observed that in general the precepts...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
AND IF A STRANGER SOJOURN WITH THEE. — The stranger, for whose benefit the legislators enacted so many humane and benign laws, and with regard to whom the book of Leviticus has laid down so many prece...
וְ כִֽי ־יָג֧וּר אִתְּךָ֛ גֵּ֖ר בְּ אַרְצְכֶ֑
THE LAW OF HOLINESS (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 19:1 WE have in this chapter a series of precepts and prohibitions which from internal evidence appear to have been selected by an inspired redactor of the c...
The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis, namely, the fact that the God of this people is Jehovah. There was, first,...
These precepts are to the same effect as the former, in point of plainness and tendency. And they are enforced by the same authority. It is very interesting to the true believer in CHRIST, while readi...
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
Leviticus 19:33._And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land_. Before I pass on to the other iniquities, I have thought fit to introduce this precept, wherein the people are commanded to cultivat...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 AND 20. Chapter s 19, 20, carry us somewhat farther. They were to be holy, for Jehovah was holy. Chapter 19 takes up rather the side of good, though keepin...
AND IF A STRANGER SOJOURN WITH YOU IN YOUR LAND,.... Ben Gersom, and others, understand this of a proselyte of righteousness, who was circumcised, and in all things conformed to the Jewish religion; b...
_Vex him_ Either with opprobrious expressions, or grievous exactions....
1 A repetition of sundry Lawes. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and say vnto them, [NOTE: Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7; 1 Pet...
MANY LAWS GROUPED TOGETHER (VV. 1-37) We have seen at the beginning and end of chapter 18 God's announcement, “I am the Lord your God.” In chapter 19 the expression “I am the Lord” occurs 15 times. Bu...
VEX: Or, oppress...
Either with opprobrious expressions, or grievous exactions....
Leviticus 19:33 stranger H1616 dwells H1481 (H8799) land H776 mistreat H3238 (H8686) And if -...
THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE RESIDENT ALIEN (LEVITICUS 19:33). Leviticus 19:33 “And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. The stranger who sojourns with you shal...
CONTENTS: Further laws concerning proper relationships. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: God's people being distinguished from all other people by a peculiar relationship with Him through Christ,...
The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be better understood. Most of these having already been explained,...
_The stranger._ ., shall be. .. as one born among you. STRANGERS BEFRIENDED I. The danger apprehended. The fear was lest they should grow too inclusive and haughty, and begin to despise and oppress...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:1__ The Lord strongly commands the people (including the priests) to become holy in their practice, as he is holy (v. Leviticus 19:2). They do this by observi
Practical Piety: Religion in all Relationships SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 19:2.—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say: Nowhere else in the whole of Leviticus does this...
EXPOSITION From the prohibition of moral uncleanness exhibiting itself in the form of incest and licentiousness, the legislator proceeds to a series of laws and commandments against other kinds of imm...
Now God continues in this same vein, as He moves into chapter nineteen. Speak unto all of the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am ho...
Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 10:19; Deuteronomy 24:14; Exodus 22:21;...
Vex him — Either with opprobrious expressions, or grievous exactions....