Leviticus 24:22

Good News Translation

This law applies to all of you, to Israelites and to foreigners living among you, because I am the Lord your God."

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall have one kind of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am the LORD your God.

King James Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
You must have one norm; as for the alien, so it must be for the native, because I am Yahweh your God.'"

New Century Version
"‘The law will be the same for the foreigner as for those from your own country. I am the Lord your God.'"

New English Translation
There will be one regulation for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the Lord your God.'"

Amplified Bible
'You shall have one standard of law for the stranger among you as well as for the native, for I am the LORD your God.'"

New American Standard Bible
'There shall be only one standard for you; it shall be for the stranger as well as the native, for I am the LORD your God.'"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ye shall haue one lawe: it shalbe aswel for the stranger as for one borne in the countrey: for I am the Lorde your God.

Legacy Standard Bible
There shall be one standard of judgment for you; it shall be for the sojourner as well as the native, for I am Yahweh your God.'"

Contemporary English Version
I am the Lord your God, and I demand equal justice both for you Israelites and for those foreigners who live among you.

Complete Jewish Bible
You are to apply the same standard of judgment to the foreigner as to the citizen, because I am Adonai your God."

Darby Translation
Ye shall have one law: as the stranger, so the home-born; for I am Jehovah your God.

Easy-to-Read Version
"The law will be the same for foreigners and for people from your own country. This is because I am the Lord your God."

English Standard Version
You shall have the same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the Lord your God."

George Lamsa Translation
You shall have one manner of justice; as for a proselyte, so for an Israelite; for I am the LORD your God.

Christian Standard Bible®
You are to have the same law for the resident alien and the native, because I am the Lord your God.”

Literal Translation
One judgment shall be for you whether an alien or a native; for I am Jehovah your God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There shal be one maner of lawe amonge you, to ye straunger as to one of youre selues: for I am the LORDE youre God.

American Standard Version
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.

Bible in Basic English
You 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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shall haue one maner of lawe, euen for the straunger as well as for one of your owne countrey: for I am the Lorde your God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for the home-born; for I am the LORD your God.'

King James Version (1611)
Ye shall haue one maner of law, aswell for the stranger, as for one of your owne countrey: for I am the Lord your God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
There shall be one judgment for the stranger and the native, for I am the Lord your God.

English Revised Version
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for the homeborn: for I am the LORD your God.

Berean Standard Bible
You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.'"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Euene doom be among you, whether a pilgrym ethir a citeseyn synneth, for Y am youre Lord God.

Young's Literal Translation
one judgment is to you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I [am] Jehovah your God.'

Update Bible Version
You shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Yahweh your God.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
You shall have one kind of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Yahweh your God.

New King James Version
You shall have the same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I am the LORD your God."'

New Living Translation
"This same standard applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God."

New Life Bible
You will have the same Law for the stranger and for the one born among you. For I am the Lord your God.'"

New Revised Standard
You shall have one law for the alien and for the citizen: for I am the Lord your God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
One rule, shall ye have, as the sojourner, so the home-born, shall be, - For, I - Yahweh, am your God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let there be equal judgment among you, whether he be a stranger, or a native that offends: because I am the Lord your God.

Revised Standard Version
You shall have one law for the sojourner and for the native; for I am the LORD your God."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'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.'"

Contextual Overview

¹⁰There was a man whose father was an Egyptian and whose mother was an Israelite named Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri from the tribe of Dan. There in the camp this man quarreled with an Israelite. During the quarrel he cursed the Lord , so they took him to Moses, ¹² put him under guard, and waited for the Lord to tell them what to do with him. ¹³ The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁴ "Take that man out of the camp. Everyone who heard him curse shall put his hands on the man's head to testify that he is guilty, and then the whole community shall stone him to death. ¹⁵ Then tell the people of Israel that anyone who curses God must suffer the consequences ¹⁶ and be put to death. Any Israelite or any foreigner living in Israel who curses the Lord shall be stoned to death by the whole community. ¹⁷ "Any who commit murder shall be put to death, ¹⁸ and any who kill an animal belonging to someone else must replace it. The principle is a life for a life. ¹⁹ "If any of you injure another person, whatever you have done shall be done to you. ²⁰ If you break a bone, one of your bones shall be broken; if you put out an eye, one of your eyes shall be put out; if you knock out a tooth, one of your teeth shall be knocked out. Whatever injury you cause another person shall be done to you in return.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 17:10, Leviticus 19:34, Exodus 12:49, Numbers 9:14, Numbers 15:15, Numbers 15:16, Numbers 15:29

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:15 - General Deuteronomy 1:16 - the stranger Joshua 8:33 - stranger Ezekiel 14:7 - of the stranger

Cross-References

Genesis 24:2
He said to his oldest servant, who was in charge of all that he had, "Place your hand between my thighs and make a vow.

Genesis 24:3
I want you to make a vow in the name of the Lord , the God of heaven and earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the people here in Canaan.

Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand between the thighs of Abraham, his master, and made a vow to do what Abraham had asked.

Genesis 24:10
The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.

Genesis 24:11
When he arrived, he made the camels kneel down at the well outside the city. It was late afternoon, the time when women came out to get water.

Genesis 24:12
He prayed, " Lord , God of my master Abraham, give me success today and keep your promise to my master.

Genesis 24:15
Before he had finished praying, Rebecca arrived with a water jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his wife Milcah.

Genesis 24:16
She was a very beautiful young woman and still a virgin. She went down to the well, filled her jar, and came back.

Genesis 24:19
When he had finished, she said, "I will also bring water for your camels and let them have all they want."

Genesis 24:23
He said, "Please tell me who your father is. Is there room in his house for my men and me to spend the night?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye shall have one manner of law,.... Respecting the above things, blaspheming of the name of God, taking away the life of man, or of any beast, and of doing damage to either:

as well for the stranger as for one of your own country; the above laws were binding upon proselytes as well as Israelites, and proselytes of the gate as well as proselytes of righteousness, though the Jews commonly restrain it to the latter:

for I [am] the Lord your God; whose name is holy and reverend, and ought not to be blasphemed; and who is the Maker and preserver of man and beast, and made these laws respecting them, and expected they should be obeyed, especially by the children of Israel, whose covenant God and Father he was, and they under the greatest obligation to serve and obey him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 24:22. 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.