Leviticus 24:22

22 You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born. I am the LORD your God.’ ”

Leviticus 24:22 in Other Translations

KJV
22 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.
ESV
22 You shall have the same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the LORD your God."
NLT
22 “This same standard applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.”
MSG
22 And no double standards: the same rule goes for foreigners and natives. I am God, your God."
CSB
22 You are to have the same law for the foreign resident and the native, because I am the Lord your God."

Leviticus 24:22 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:22

Ye shall have one manner of law
Respecting the above things, blaspheming of the name of God, taking away the life of man, or of any beast, and of doing damage to either:

as well for the stranger as for one of your own country;
the above laws were binding upon proselytes as well as Israelites, and proselytes of the gate as well as proselytes of righteousness, though the Jews commonly restrain it to the latter:

for I [am] the Lord your God;
whose name is holy and reverend, and ought not to be blasphemed; and who is the Maker and preserver of man and beast, and made these laws respecting them, and expected they should be obeyed, especially by the children of Israel, whose covenant God and Father he was, and they under the greatest obligation to serve and obey him.

Leviticus 24:22 In-Context

20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury.
21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.
22 You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born. I am the LORD your God.’ ”
23 Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. The Israelites did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Exodus 12:49; S Exodus 22:21; Ezekiel 47:22
  • 2. Numbers 9:14; Numbers 15:16
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