Leviticus 24:22

What does Leviticus 24:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Leviticus 24:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You are to have the same law for a man of another nation living among you as for an Israelite; for I am the Lord your God.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

one judgment is to you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Let there be equal judgment among you, whether he be a stranger, or a native that offends: because I am the Lord your God.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Ye shall have one law: as the stranger, so the home-born; for I am Jehovah yourGod.

Context

v.21And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

v.22This passage

v.23And Moses spake to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 9:14

    And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto Jehovah; according to the statute of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one statute, both for the sojourner, and for him that is born in the land.

  • Numbers 15:15

    For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, a statute for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah.

  • Leviticus 19:34

    The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

  • Numbers 15:29

    Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

  • Exodus 12:49

    One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

  • Leviticus 17:10

    And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

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