Exodus

Exodus 23:9–11

⁹Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

¹⁰For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce, ¹¹but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

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Exodus 23:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
oppress	תִלְחָ֑ץ	ṯil·ḥāṣ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3905 squeeze, press
a foreign resident	וְגֵ֖ר	wə·ḡêr	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1616 sojourner
since you	וְאַתֶּ֗ם	wə·’at·tem	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
yourselves know	יְדַעְתֶּם֙	yə·ḏa‘·tem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H3045 know
how it feels to be foreigners	הַגֵּ֔ר	hag·gêr	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1616 sojourner
for	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you were	הֱיִיתֶ֖ם	hĕ·yî·ṯem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
foreigners	גֵרִ֥ים	ḡê·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1616 sojourner
in the land	בְּאֶ֥רֶץ	bə·’e·reṣ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Egypt	מִצְרָֽיִם׃	miṣ·rā·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians

Exodus 23:10

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For six	וְשֵׁ֥שׁ	wə·šêš	Conjunctive waw; Number - feminine singular	H8337 six
years	שָׁנִ֖ים	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year
you are to sow	תִּזְרַ֣ע	tiz·ra‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H2232 sow, scatter seed
your land	אַרְצֶ֑ךָ	’ar·ṣe·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H776 earth, land
and gather	וְאָסַפְתָּ֖	wə·’ā·sap̄·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H622 gather, remove
its produce	תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃	tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯāh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H8393 product, revenue

Exodus 23:11

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
but in the seventh	וְהַשְּׁבִיעִ֞ת	wə·haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular	H7637 seventh
you must let it rest	תִּשְׁמְטֶ֣נָּה	tiš·mə·ṭen·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H8058 let drop
and lie fallow	וּנְטַשְׁתָּ֗הּ	ū·nə·ṭaš·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H5203 leave, forsake, permit
so that the poor	אֶבְיֹנֵ֣י	’eḇ·yō·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H34 in want, needy, poor
among your people	עַמֶּ֔ךָ	‘am·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5971 people
may eat	וְאָֽכְלוּ֙	wə·’ā·ḵə·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H398 eat
from the field	הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה	haś·śā·ḏeh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
and the wild animals	חַיַּ֣ת	ḥay·yaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H2416 alive, living
may consume	תֹּאכַ֖ל	tō·ḵal	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H398 eat
what they leave	וְיִתְרָ֕ם	wə·yiṯ·rām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3499 remainder, excellence, excess
Do	תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה	ta·‘ă·śeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
the same	כֵּֽן־	kên-	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
with your vineyard	לְכַרְמְךָ֖	lə·ḵar·mə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3754 vineyard
and olive grove	לְזֵיתֶֽךָ׃	lə·zê·ṯe·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2132 olive-tree, olive

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Exodus 23:9 Exodus 22:21 · Deuteronomy 27:19 · Deuteronomy 24:14–18 · Matthew 18:33

Exodus 23:10 Leviticus 25:3–4

Exodus 23:11 Leviticus 25:2–7 · Leviticus 26:34–35 · Leviticus 25:11–12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.