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"You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, seeing you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
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Empathy from Experience
Commentators explain that this command is deeply personal, rooted in Israel's own history. God reminds them, "you know the heart of a sojourner," recalling their own fears, anxieties, and distress as oppressed strangers in Egypt. This shared memory was meant to produce genuine empathy and compassionate justice toward foreigners in their own land.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Four precepts evidently addressed to those in authority as judges:
To do justice to the poor. Comparing Exodus 23:6, and Exodus 23:…
19th Century
Anglican
The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Also you shall not oppress a stranger As these were not to be vexed and oppressed in a private manner and by private men,…
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