Bible Strands
Leviticus 24:22
You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Israel through Moses regarding community law, positioned immediately after the homicide statute and before the narrative account of the blasphemer’s execution.
The words — מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) means judgment, and אֶחָד ('echad) means one, combining to declare a single legal standard.
The thread — This requirement of uniform law for resident foreigners and native-born Israelites appears in Exodus 12:49, Numbers 9:14, and Numbers 15:15.
Why it lands — It demands that readers apply identical legal standards to all people in the community, grounded in the declarative statement of God’s identity rather than social status.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Exodus 12:49 The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
- Numbers 9:14 If 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 15:15 The 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.
- Leviticus 19:34 You 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.
- Numbers 15:29 You 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.
- Leviticus 17:10 If 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.