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I am the LORD your God.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/24.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“This same standard applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall have the same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the LORD your God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I <i>am</i> the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall have the same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I <i>am</i> the LORD your God.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />There shall be <i>only</i> one standard for you; it shall be for the stranger as well as the native, for I am the LORD your God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216There shall be one standard for you; it shall be for the stranger as well as the native, for I am the LORD your God.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘There shall be one standard for you; it shall be for the stranger as well as the native, for I am the LORD your God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />There shall be one <i>standard of</i> judgment for you; it shall be for the sojourner as well as the native, for I am Yahweh your God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You shall have one standard of law for the stranger <i>among you</i> as well as for the native, for I am the LORD your God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to have the same law for the resident alien and the native, because I am the LORD your God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to have the same law for the foreign resident and the native, because I am Yahweh your God.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am the LORD your God, and I demand equal justice both for you Israelites and for those foreigners who live among you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for the homeborn: for I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The same rule applies to every one of you. It makes no difference whether you are a foreigner or an Israelite, because I am the LORD your God."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This law applies to all of you, to Israelites and to foreigners living among you, because I am the LORD your God." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You are to have for yourselves consistent procedures in deciding a case. As it is for the resident alien, so it is for the native born. I am the LORD your God."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />There will be one regulation for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the LORD your God.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall have one kind of law, for the foreigner as well as the native-born: for I am the LORD your God.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am Yahweh your God.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />One judgment is for you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I [am] your God YHWH.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> one judgment is to you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I am Jehovah your God.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />One judgment to you; as the stranger so the native shall it be: for I Jehovah your God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Let there be equal judgment among you, whether he be a stranger, or a native that offends: because I am the Lord your God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Let there be equal judgment among you, whether it is a sojourner or a citizen who will have sinned. For I am the Lord your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall have but one rule, for alien and native-born alike. I, the LORD, am your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall have one law for the alien and for the citizen: for I am the LORD your God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall have one manner of justice; as for a proselyte, so for an Israelite; for I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />One judgment shall be for you and for those who are converted to me, and for a son of Israel it shall be so; I AM LORD JEHOVAH your God.’”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for the home-born; for I am the LORD your God.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />There shall be one judgment for the stranger and the native, for I <i>am</i> the Lord your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/24-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6601" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/24.htm">An Eye for an Eye</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">You are to have</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">the same</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·paṭ (N-msc) -- Judgment. ">standard of law</a> <a href="/hebrew/1616.htm" title="1616: kag·gêr (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A sojourner. Or geyr; from guwr; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner.">for the foreign resident</a> <a href="/hebrew/249.htm" title="249: kā·’ez·rāḥ (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A native. From zarach; a spontaneous growth, i.e. Native.">and the native;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">am the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God.’”</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-49.htm">Exodus 12:49</a></span><br />The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/15-15.htm">Numbers 15:15-16</a></span><br />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. / The same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-16.htm">Deuteronomy 1:16-17</a></span><br />At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident. / Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-19.htm">Deuteronomy 10:19</a></span><br />So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Deuteronomy 16:18-20</a></span><br />You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment. / Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. / Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-17.htm">Deuteronomy 24:17-18</a></span><br />Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security. / Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-19.htm">Deuteronomy 27:19</a></span><br />‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/19-6.htm">2 Chronicles 19:6-7</a></span><br />Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment. / And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/34-19.htm">Job 34:19</a></span><br />who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/24-23.htm">Proverbs 24:23</a></span><br />These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-3.htm">Isaiah 56:3-8</a></span><br />Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.” / For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant— / I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-5.htm">Ezekiel 18:5-9</a></span><br />Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: / He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period. / He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a></span><br />“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44-48</a></span><br />But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, / that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. / If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-12.htm">Matthew 7:12</a></span><br />In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/17-10.htm">Leviticus 17:10</a></b></br> And whatsoever man <i>there be</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/19-34.htm">Leviticus 19:34</a></b></br> <i>But</i> 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 <i>am</i> the LORD your God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-49.htm">Exodus 12:49</a></b></br> One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-33.htm">Country</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Foreigner</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Home-Born</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-35.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-15.htm">Law</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-36.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Native</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Native-Born</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Sojourner</a> <a href="/genesis/23-16.htm">Standard</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Stranger</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-6.htm">Country</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-6.htm">Foreigner</a> <a href="/numbers/15-13.htm">Home-Born</a> <a href="/numbers/1-2.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/numbers/27-11.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-36.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/numbers/5-30.htm">Law</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-54.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/numbers/9-14.htm">Native</a> <a href="/numbers/9-14.htm">Native-Born</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-6.htm">Sojourner</a> <a href="/numbers/1-52.htm">Standard</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-6.htm">Stranger</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-1.htm">The oil for the lamps</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">The showbread</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-10.htm">Shelomith's son blasphemes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-13.htm">The law of blasphemy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-17.htm">Of murder</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-18.htm">Of damage</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-23.htm">The blasphemer is stoned</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Many surrounding cultures had different laws for different classes of people, but here, God commands a uniform standard. This reflects God's justice and impartiality, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/10-17.htm">Deuteronomy 10:17</a>, where God is described as not showing partiality or taking bribes. It also foreshadows the New Testament teaching in <a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a>, where there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for all are one in Christ Jesus.<p><b>for the foreign resident and the native;</b><br>The inclusion of both the foreign resident and the native highlights God's concern for all people within the community, not just the Israelites. This is consistent with the broader biblical narrative that God's covenant and blessings are intended for all nations, as seen in <a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a>, where God promises Abraham that all peoples on earth will be blessed through him. The foreign resident, or "sojourner," is often mentioned in the Law, indicating God's care for the marginalized and vulnerable, as seen in <a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Exodus 22:21</a>, where the Israelites are commanded not to mistreat or oppress a foreigner.<p><b>for I am the LORD your God.’”</b><br>This phrase serves as the divine authority behind the command. The use of "I am the LORD your God" is a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and Israel, as established in <a href="/exodus/20-2.htm">Exodus 20:2</a>. It underscores that the laws given are not merely societal norms but are rooted in the character and authority of God Himself. This phrase also points to the holiness and sovereignty of God, themes that are central throughout Leviticus. The declaration "I am the LORD" is a recurring motif in Leviticus, emphasizing that the Israelites' obedience to the law is an act of worship and recognition of God's lordship.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God and communicated them to the people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, to whom the laws in Leviticus were given.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreigners.htm">Foreigners</a></b><br>Non-Israelites living among the Israelites, who were also subject to the same laws.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where God gave Moses the laws, including the one in <a href="/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22</a>.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The dwelling place of God among the Israelites, where the laws were often taught and upheld.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/e/equality_before_god.htm">Equality Before God</a></b><br><a href="/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22</a> teaches that God's law applies equally to all people, regardless of their nationality or status. This principle of equality is foundational to understanding God's justice and fairness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_diversity.htm">Unity in Diversity</a></b><br>The inclusion of foreigners under the same law as the Israelites highlights the importance of unity among diverse groups. In the body of Christ, we are called to embrace and uphold this unity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_unchanging_nature.htm">God's Unchanging Nature</a></b><br>The consistency of God's law for both Israelites and foreigners reflects His unchanging nature. As believers, we can trust in God's steadfastness and fairness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/application_of_justice.htm">Application of Justice</a></b><br>The verse calls us to apply justice impartially in our own lives, ensuring that we do not show favoritism or discrimination.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_as_a_witness.htm">Living as a Witness</a></b><br>By living according to God's laws and principles, we serve as a witness to others, demonstrating the righteousness and justice of God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_bribery.htm">How should we treat foreigners among us?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_one_law_for_all_reconcile.htm">Numbers 15:15–16: How does one law for both Israelites and foreigners reconcile with other passages that treat outsiders differently? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_treat_foreigners_here.htm">How should we treat foreigners among us?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_a_foreign_widow_freely_glean_fields.htm">Ruth 2:2-3 - Is it historically plausible that a foreign widow could freely glean in a stranger's field with no social or legal barriers?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Ye shall have one manner of law.</span>--Not in the case of blasphemy (see <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm" title="And he that blasphemes the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemes the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.">Leviticus 24:16</a>), but in all the instances just adduced, the same penal statutes apply to the non-Israelite and stranger.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - As it had been a stranger who had on this occasion been the offender, the law, <span class="cmt_word">Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country,</span> with the sanction, <span class="cmt_word">I am the Lord your God,</span> is emphatically repeated (see chapter Leviticus 19:34). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/24-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You are to have</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְיֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the same</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחָד֙</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">standard of law</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁפַּ֤ט</span> <span class="translit">(miš·paṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the foreign resident</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּגֵּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(kag·gêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1616.htm">Strong's 1616: </a> </span><span class="str2">A guest, a foreigner</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the native;</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּאֶזְרָ֖ח</span> <span class="translit">(kā·’ez·rāḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_249.htm">Strong's 249: </a> </span><span class="str2">A spontaneous growth, native</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/24-22.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 24:22 You shall have one kind of law (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/24-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 24:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 24:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/24-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 24:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 24:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>