Deuteronomy 23:16

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• Exodus 22:21
  You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
• Titus 3:2–3
  …to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
• Jeremiah 7:6
  …if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
• Zechariah 7:10
  Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
• James 2:6
  But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
• Exodus 23:9
  Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
• Malachi 3:5
  “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
• Isaiah 16:3–4
  “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
• Luke 15:15–24
  So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

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Archaeology and the Bible· Biblical Concept of Law· Covenant· Deuteronomy, Book of

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Fugitives: from Servitude, not to be Returned· Oppression: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To· Refugee Slaves: Laws Concerning· Servant: Bond: Fugitive, not to be Returned to his Master