Leviticus 24:22
Let there be equal judgment among you, whether he be a stranger, or a native that offends: because I am the Lord your God.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Æquum judicium sit inter vos, sive peregrinus, sive civis peccaverit : quia ego sum Dominus Deus vester.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- δικαίωσις μία ἔσται τῷ προσηλύτῳ καὶ τῷ ἐνχωρίῳ, ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- מִשְׁפַּ֤ט אֶחָד֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם כַּגֵּ֥ר כָּאֶזְרָ֖ח יִהְיֶ֑ה כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
Haydock's commentary
Stranger. The Jews improperly restrain this law to those nations only which have embraced their religion. God requires that the judges shall not shew more favour to their countrymen, than to others who may dwell among them. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.