Leviticus 24 · Verse 22

Leviticus 24:22

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.
Leviticus 24:22, King James Version

Leviticus 24:22 in other translations

BSBYou are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
WEBYou shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am the LORD your God.’”
ASVYe shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.
YLTone judgment is to you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I am Jehovah your God.'
DARBYYe shall have one law: as the stranger, so the home-born; for I am Jehovah your God.
BBEYou 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.
WebsterYe 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.

What does Leviticus 24:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 24:17-22

17-22. he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death--These verses contain a repetition of some other laws, relating to offenses of a social nature, the penalties for which were to be inflicted, not by the hand of private parties, but through the medium of the judges before whom the cause was brought.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger as for one of your own country - Equal laws, where each individual receives the same protection and the same privileges, are the boast only of a sound political constitution. He who respects and obeys the laws has a right to protection and support, and his person and property are as sacred in the sight of justice as the person and property of the prince. He who does not obey the laws of his country forfeits all right and title to protection and privilege; his own actions condemn him, and justice takes him up on the evidence of his own transgressions. He who does what is right need not fear the power of the civil magistrate, for he holds the sword only to punish transgressors. Universal obedience to the laws is the duty of every citizen; none can do more, none should do less: therefore each individual in a well regulated state must have equal rights and privileges in every thing that relates to the safety of his person, and the security of his property. Reader, such was the Mosaic code; such Is the British Constitution.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 24:10-23

This offender was the son of an Egyptian father, and an Israelitish mother. The notice of his parents shows the common ill effect of mixed marriages. A standing law for the stoning of blasphemers was made upon this occasion. Great stress is laid upon this law. It extends to the strangers among them, as well as to those born in the land. Strangers, as well as native Israelites, should be entitled to the benefit of…

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Leviticus 24:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מִשְׁפַּ֤טmish.PatjudgmentH4941
אֶחָד֙'e.Chad<of> oneH259
יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will belongH1961
לָכֶ֔םla.Khemto <the> you
כַּגֵּ֥רka.Geras the sojournerH1616
כָּאֶזְרָ֖חka.'ez.Rachas the native-bornH249
יִהְיֶ֑הyih.Yehit will beH1961
כִּ֛יkiforH3588
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָ֖הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם\׃'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430

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Cross references for Leviticus 24:22

  • Exodus 12:49

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

  • Numbers 9:14

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

  • Numbers 15:15-16

    One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

  • Numbers 15:29

    Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

  • Leviticus 19:34

    But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Leviticus 17:10

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
17:10; 19:34; Ex 12:49; Nu 9:14; 15:15,16,29

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Context

  • Leviticus 24:21

    And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

  • Leviticus 24:22

    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.

  • Leviticus 24:23

    And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Leviticus 24:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Un mismo derecho tendréis: como el extranjero, así será el natural: porque yo soy Jehová vuestro Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il y aura une même loi pour vous: il en sera de l’étranger comme de l’Israélite de naissance; car moi, je suis l’ Éternel, votre Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Einerlei Recht sollt ihr haben: wie der Fremdling, so soll der Eingeborene sein; denn ich bin Jehova, euer Gott. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Æquum judicium sit inter vos, sive peregrinus, sive civis peccaverit: quia ego sum Dominus Deus vester.