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An Eye for an Eye

Leviticus 24:22

In 11 translations

BSB
You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
KJV
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.
WEB
You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am Yahweh your God.’”
ASV
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.
LSV
One judgment is for you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I [am] your God YHWH.”
YLT
one judgment is to you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I [am] Jehovah your God.'
DBY
Ye shall have one law: as the stranger, so the home-born; for I am Jehovah your God.Elohim
DRC
Let there be equal judgment among you, whether he be a stranger, or a native that offends: because I am the Lord your God.
GNV
Ye shall haue one lawe: it shalbe aswel for the stranger as for one borne in the countrey: for I am the Lord your God.
JPS
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for the home-born; for I am the LORD your God.'
LXXE
There shall be one judgment for the stranger and the native, for I am the Lord your God.

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Original-language editions

WLC
מִשְׁפַּ֤ט אֶחָד֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם כַּגֵּ֥ר כָּאֶזְרָ֖ח יִהְיֶ֑ה כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Δικαίωσις μία ἔσται τῷ προσηλύτῳ καὶ τῷ ἐγχωρίῳ, ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 12:49The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
  • Numbers 15:15–16The 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…
  • Numbers 9:14If 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…
  • Numbers 15:29You 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 19:34You 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.
  • Leviticus 17:10If 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.

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