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Lexicon :: Strong's H1616 - gār

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גָּר
Transliteration
gār
Pronunciation
gare
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 330a

Strong’s Definitions

גֵּר gêr, gare; or (fully) geyr (gare); from H1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner:—alien, sojourner, stranger.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x

The KJV translates Strong's H1616 in the following manner: stranger (87x), alien (1x), sojourner (1x), stranger (with H376) (1x), stranger (with H4480) (1x), strangers (with H582) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x
The KJV translates Strong's H1616 in the following manner: stranger (87x), alien (1x), sojourner (1x), stranger (with H376) (1x), stranger (with H4480) (1x), strangers (with H582) (1x).

  1. sojourner

    1. a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights

    2. of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֵּר gêr, gare; or (fully) geyr (gare); from H1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner:—alien, sojourner, stranger.
STRONGS H1616: Abbreviations
גֵּר noun masculineExodus 12:48 sojourner (Arabic جَارً, Ethiopic ግዩር፡ ጎር፡ Aramaic Ruvwg, גִּיּוֺר, prostelyte, גַּיֵּר proselytize, Phoenician גר in proper name, & plural גרם) — גֵּר Genesis 15:16 + 74 times; suffix גֵּרְךָ Exodus 20:10 + 4 times, גֵּרוֺ Deuteronomy 1:16; plural גֵּרִים Exodus 22:20 + 9 times, גֵּירִים 2 Chronicles 2:16; —
1. sojourner, temporary dweller, new-comer (no inherited rights), compare Exodus 12:19; Leviticus 24:16; Numbers 15:30; Joshua 8:33 (opposed to homeborn); of Abraham at Hebron Genesis 23:4 (P; || תּוֺשָׁב); Moses in desert Exodus 2:22 (J) Exodus 18:3 (E; here explanation of name Gershom, Moses' son); as claiming hospitality Job 31:32; perhaps in above cases, and certainly in general, with technical sense; figurative of Yahweh Jeremiah 14:8; of Israel in Egypt Genesis 15:13; Exodus 22:20; Exodus 23:9 (all J E) Leviticus 19:34 (H) Deuteronomy 10:19; Deuteronomy 23:8; גֵּרִים with Yahweh Leviticus 25:23 (H) 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:13 (in all || תּוֺשָׁב) compare Psalm 119:19.
2. usually of גֵּרים in Israel 2 Samuel 1:13 (Amalekite) compare Joshua 8:33, 35 (E) Joshua 20:9 (P) Isaiah 14:1; dwellers in Israel with certain conceded, not inherited right (compare RSOTJC 434; 2nd ed. 342. n.; K 42; Sem 75 f. StaGeschichte.i.400). The גֵּר is to share in Sabbath rest Exodus 20:10; Exodus 23:12 (both J E) Deuteronomy 5:14; otherwise he is have like obligations with Israel Exodus 12:19, 48, 49; Leviticus 16:29 (all P) Leviticus 17:8, 10, 12, 13, 15; Leviticus 18:26; Leviticus 20:2; Leviticus 22:18; Leviticus 24:16, 22 (all H) Numbers 9:14 (twice in verse); Numbers 15:14, 15 (twice in verse); Numbers 15:16, 26, 29, 30; Numbers 19:10; Numbers 35:15 (all P) Ezekiel 14:7; similar rights Deuteronomy 1:16; Ezekiel 47:22, 23; and like privileges Deuteronomy 16:11, 14; Deuteronomy 26:11; Deuteronomy 29:10; Deuteronomy 31:12 compare 2 Chronicles 30:25; very rarely any distinction made, in obligation Leviticus 25:47 (3 times in verse) (H), in permissible food Deuteronomy 14:21; in future success Deuteronomy 28:43; kindness to גֵּר frequently enjoined: Leviticus 19:10 (|| עָנִי), Leviticus 23:22 (|| id.) Leviticus 19:34 (all H); Deuteronomy 10:18, 19; Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 24:19, 20, 21; Deuteronomy 26:12, 13 (all || יָתוֺם וְאַלְמָנָה); oppression prohibited Leviticus 19:33 (H) Deuteronomy 24:14; Exodus 22:20; Exodus 23:9 (twice in verse) (JE) Deuteronomy 24:17; Deuteronomy 27:19; Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 22:3; Zechariah 7:10 (these eight || יָתוֺם וְאַלְמָנָה); object of care to י׳ Psalm 146:9 (|| id.); charge that גֵּר has been oppressed Ezekiel 22:7; Malachi 3:5 (both || id.); also Ezekiel 22:29 (|| עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֺן), Psalm 94:6; compare also command that a poor brother be treated like גֵּר i.e. kindly, Leviticus 25:35 (H). Latest conception somewhat different: גֵּר 1 Chronicles 22:2; 2 Chronicles 2:16 (הַגֵּירִים) gathered for hard service; yet compare 2 Chronicles 30:25. (Often with verbal cognate Exodus 12:48, 49; Leviticus 16:29; Leviticus 17:8, 10, 12, 13; Leviticus 18:26; Leviticus 19:33; Leviticus 20:2; Numbers 9:14; Numbers 15:14, 15, 16, 26, 29; Numbers 19:10; Joshua 20:9; Ezekiel 47:22, 23; oft || תּוֺשָׁב Genesis 23:4; Leviticus 25:23, 35, 47; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:13).

† [גֵּיר] noun masculine 2 Chronicles 2:16 see גֵּר above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:13; 15:16; 23:4; 23:4

Exodus

2:22; 12:19; 12:19; 12:48; 12:48; 12:48; 12:49; 12:49; 18:3; 20:10; 20:10; 22:20; 22:20; 22:20; 23:9; 23:9; 23:12

Leviticus

16:29; 16:29; 17:8; 17:8; 17:10; 17:10; 17:12; 17:12; 17:13; 17:13; 17:15; 18:26; 18:26; 19:10; 19:33; 19:33; 19:34; 19:34; 20:2; 20:2; 22:18; 23:22; 24:16; 24:16; 24:22; 25:23; 25:23; 25:35; 25:35; 25:47; 25:47

Numbers

9:14; 9:14; 15:14; 15:14; 15:15; 15:15; 15:16; 15:16; 15:26; 15:26; 15:29; 15:29; 15:30; 15:30; 19:10; 19:10; 35:15

Deuteronomy

1:16; 1:16; 5:14; 10:18; 10:19; 10:19; 14:21; 14:29; 16:11; 16:14; 23:8; 24:14; 24:17; 24:19; 24:20; 24:21; 26:11; 26:12; 26:13; 27:19; 28:43; 29:10; 31:12

Joshua

8:33; 8:33; 8:35; 20:9; 20:9

2 Samuel

1:13

1 Chronicles

22:2; 29:15; 29:15

2 Chronicles

2:16; 2:16; 2:16; 30:25; 30:25

Job

31:32

Psalms

39:13; 39:13; 94:6; 119:19; 146:9

Isaiah

14:1

Jeremiah

7:6; 14:8; 22:3

Ezekiel

14:7; 22:7; 22:29; 47:22; 47:22; 47:23; 47:23

Zechariah

7:10

Malachi

3:5

H1616

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Strong's Number H1616 matches the Hebrew גָּר (gār),
which occurs 92 times in 83 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 15:13–Deu 24:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - God said to Abram, “Know for certain that your [fn]descendants will be strangers H1616 in a land that is not theirs, [fn]where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - “I am a stranger H1616 and a sojourner among you; give me [fn]a burial site among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:22 - Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him [fn]Gershom, for he said, “I have been a [fn]sojourner H1616 in a foreign land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - ‘Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that [fn]person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien H1616 or a native of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48 - “But if a [fn]stranger H1616 sojourns with you, and [fn]celebrates the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to [fn]celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:49 - “[fn]The same law shall [fn]apply to the native as to the [fn]stranger H1616 who sojourns among you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:3 - and her two sons, of whom [fn]one was named Gershom, for Moses said, “I have been a [fn]sojourner H1616 in a foreign land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner H1616 who [fn]stays with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 - “You shall not wrong a stranger H1616 or oppress him, for you were strangers H1616 in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:9 - “You shall not oppress a [fn]stranger, H1616 since you yourselves know the [fn]feelings of a [fn]stranger, H1616 for you also were [fn]strangers H1616 in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - “Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as [fn]your stranger, H1616 may refresh themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - “This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien H1616 who sojourns among you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:8 - “Then you shall say to them, ‘Any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens H1616 who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10 - ‘And any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens H1616 who sojourn among them, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:12 - “Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, nor may any alien H1616 who sojourns among you eat blood.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13 - “So when any man from the sons of Israel, or from the aliens H1616 who sojourn among them, [fn]in hunting catches a beast or a bird which may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - “When any person eats an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or an alien, H1616 he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and remain unclean until evening; then he will become clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26 - ‘But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien H1616 who sojourns among you

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - ‘Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. H1616 I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:33 - ‘When a stranger H1616 resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:34 - ‘The stranger H1616 who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens H1616 in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - “You shall also say to the sons of Israel: ‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens H1616 sojourning in Israel who gives any of his [fn]offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:18 - “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or of the aliens H1616 in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their [fn]votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they present to the LORD for a burnt offering—

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. H1616 I am the LORD your God.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - ‘Moreover, the one who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The alien H1616 as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:22 - ‘There shall be one [fn]standard for you; it shall be for the stranger H1616 as well as the native, for I am the LORD your God.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23 - ‘The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens H1616 and sojourners with Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:35 - ‘Now in case a [fn]countryman of yours becomes poor and his [fn]means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger H1616 or a sojourner, that he may live with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - ‘Now if the [fn]means of a stranger H1616 or of a sojourner with you becomes sufficient, and a [fn]countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a stranger H1616 who is sojourning with you, or to the descendants of a stranger’s H1616 family,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - ‘If an alien H1616 sojourns among you and [fn]observes the Passover to the LORD, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its ordinance, so he shall do; you shall have one statute, both for the alien H1616 and for the native of the land.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14 - ‘If an alien H1616 sojourns with you, or one who may be among you throughout your generations, and he wishes to make an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the LORD, just as you do so he shall do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - ‘As for the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the alien H1616 who sojourns with you, a perpetual statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the alien H1616 be before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:16 - ‘There is to be one law and one ordinance for you and for the alien H1616 who sojourns with you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:26 - ‘So all the congregation of the sons of Israel will be forgiven, with the alien H1616 who sojourns among them, for it happened to all the people through error.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:29 - ‘You shall have one law for him who does anything unintentionally, for him who is native among the sons of Israel and for the alien H1616 who sojourns among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:30 - ‘But the person who does anything defiantly, whether he is native or an alien, H1616 that one is blaspheming the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - ‘The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute to the sons of Israel and to the alien H1616 who sojourns among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - ‘These six cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel, and for the alien H1616 and for the sojourner among them; that anyone who [fn]kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 - “Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your [fn]fellow countrymen, and judge righteously between a man and his [fn]fellow countryman, or the alien H1616 who is with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your sojourner H1616 who [fn]stays with you, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - “He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien H1616 by giving him food and clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:19 - “So show your love for the alien, H1616 for you were aliens H1616 in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - “You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the alien H1616 who is in your [fn]town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - “The Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the alien, H1616 the [fn]orphan and the widow who are in your [fn]town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite who is in your [fn]town, and the stranger H1616 and the [fn]orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - and you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger H1616 and the [fn]orphan and the widow who are in your [fn]towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 - “You shall not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, because you were an alien H1616 in his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - “You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your [fn]countrymen or one of your aliens H1616 who is in your land in your [fn]towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - “You shall not pervert the justice [fn]due an alien H1616 or [fn]an orphan, nor take a widow’s garment in pledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - “When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the alien, H1616 for the [fn]orphan, and for the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

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