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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 22:22

Afflict - A word including all cold and contemptuous treatment. See Deuteronomy 10:18. Contrast the blessing, Deuteronomy 14:29. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 22:21

Exodus 22:21. A stranger must not be abused, not wronged in judgment by the magistrates, not imposed upon in contracts, nor any advantage taken of his ignorance or necessity, no, nor must he be taunted, or upbraided with his being a stranger; for all these were vexatious. For ye were strangers in Egypt And knew what it was to be vexed and oppressed there. Those that have themselves been in poverty and distress, if Providence enrich and enlarge them, ought to show a particular... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 22:22

Exodus 22:22. Ye shall not afflict the widow, or fatherless child That is, ye shall comfort and assist them, and be ready upon all occasions to show them kindness. In making just demands from them, their condition must be considered who have lost those that should protect them; and no advantage must be taken against them, nor any hardship put upon them, which a husband or a father would have sheltered them from. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 22:18-31

Miscellaneous matters (22:18-23:19)Israelite law prohibited pagan customs and religious practices that threatened the nation’s spiritual life. The penalty for such offences was usually death (18-20). The Israelite people were to remember their own bitter experiences in Egypt and show mercy to the disadvantaged. The law against charging interest on a loan was designed to encourage the rich to help the poor instead of exploiting them (21-27). (For the contrast between lending that is greedy... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 22:22

widow , or fatherless. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6 , put for all kinds of helpless ones. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 22:20-24

"He that sacrifices unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed. And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless."Harford noted that "custom gave... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 22:21

Exodus 22:21. Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, &c.— The reason subjoined to enforce this humane and hospitable law, plainly proves the general and extensive meaning of the word stranger: it implies all such persons of any other country, as should sojourn in their land, as they, who were strangers, sojourned in the land of AEypt; where, the inhospitality and the evils they felt were to be remembered as motives to a different behaviour. Note; Strangers must not be oppressed, neither... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 22:22

Exodus 22:22. Ye shall not afflict any widow, &c.— The humanity of the Divine law is always discernible: none are so helpless and pitiable, as widows and orphans: God therefore enjoins, under the severest penalties, a tender regard to them; while he condescends himself to be called the Father of the fatherless, and the Husband of the widow; nay, and even vouchsafes himself to become their Judge and Avenger: I will surely hear their cry, &c. Exodus 22:23-24. See Deuteronomy 10:18. Psalms... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 22:21-27

The next collection of laws deals with various forms of oppression. The first section deals with love for the poor and needy. While the Israelites were not to tolerate the idolatrous customs of foreigners, they were to manifest love toward the foreigners themselves as well as toward the poor and needy generally. The Israelites were to remember the oppression they had endured in Egypt and were to refrain from oppressing others. They were not only to refrain from doing evil but were to do... read more

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