Deuteronomy 23:16

He shall dwell with thee, [even] among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

He shall dwell {H3427} with thee, even among {H7130} you, in that place {H4725} which he shall choose {H977} in one {H259} of thy gates {H8179}, where it liketh him best {H2896}: thou shalt not oppress {H3238} him.

Allow him to stay with you, in whichever place suits him best among your settlements; do not mistreat him.

Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.

he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
  • Exodus 22:21

    Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Exodus 23:9

    Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Jeremiah 7:6

    [If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
  • Luke 15:15

    And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
  • Luke 15:24

    For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
  • Malachi 3:5

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Isaiah 16:3

    Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

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