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Do not insult or harm a foreigner with words

Commandment 503ProhibitionParashat MishpatimPersonal Development

Scripture

"You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Hebrew

וְגֵר לֹא־תוֹנֶה וְלֹא תִלְחָצֶנּוּ כִּי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃ ‬

Greek

22:20 καὶ προσήλυτον οὐ κακώσετε οὐδὲ μὴ θλίψητε αὐτόν ἦτε γὰρ προσήλυτοι ἐν γῇ αἰγύπτῳ

Classification

  • Parashah: Mishpatim
  • Sefer HaChinuch: 65
  • Mishneh Torah: Knowledge — Personal Development

Stated in

Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.