Aliens
Resident foreigners living among Israel. They must not be oppressed; the seventh-day rest includes the alien, because Israel were once aliens in Egypt.
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- Occupation
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- First mention
- Exodus 20:10
Scripture references
- Exodus 20:10
but the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your God. You shall do no work that day, neither you nor your son nor your daughter nor your servants, men or women, nor your animals nor the alien living with you.
- Exodus 22:20
'You will not molest or oppress aliens, for you yourselves were once aliens in Egypt.
- Exodus 23:9
'You will not oppress the alien; you know how an alien feels, for you yourselves were once aliens in Egypt.