Leviticus 24:22 meaning and explanation

You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”

Leviticus 24:22, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD speaks these words to Moses, closing a case law that began when a man of mixed Israelite and Egyptian parentage blasphemed the Name and was held in custody until God's will was made clear. The ruling covers capital offenses, injury and restitution, and it applies one standard to the foreign resident (Hebrew ger, a settler living among Israel) and the native alike.

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