What Does Leviticus 24:22 Mean in the King James?
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The law’s measure does not shrink when the person standing before it is a stranger.
THE MEANING
The same judgment applies to the person who belongs by birth and the person who lives among the community as a sojourner. The verse grounds that shared measure in the LORD your God’s own identity, placing both under one authority.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Being born elsewhere makes your claim to justice lesser.
THE ROOT
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpat
GROWS FROM
שפט
sh-f-t
to judge, decide, or render judgment
Mishpat belongs to the root of judging and deciding: the verse names a shared judgment, not merely shared courtesy. The English phrase “one manner of law” carries the force of one judicial measure for both the resident outsider and the native.
ALSO GROWS
shaphat: to judge or render a decision
שָׁפַט
The verb shows the action inside mishpat: applying judgment.
shofet: judge, one who judges
שֹׁפֵט
This branch names the person who applies the shared judicial measure.
גֵּר
ger
GROWS FROM
גור
g-w-r
to sojourn or dwell as a resident outsider
Ger names someone living among the community as a sojourner, not simply someone passing through. Its root connects the stranger with dwelling, so the verse’s shared measure reaches the person who resides among you without native origin.
ALSO GROWS
gur: to sojourn or dwell as a resident outsider
גּוּר
The verb behind ger places the stranger within the community as someone who lives there.
magor: sojourning, dwelling, or residence
מָגוֹר
This related noun keeps the focus on residence: the stranger is living among the people covered by the same judgment.
THE PATTERN
Justice keeps one measure across differences in origin and status.
One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:THE THREAD
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.Leviticus’s mishpat, “judgment,” and Deuteronomy’s “judge” both come from שפט (sh-f-t); both verses also name the ger, the resident outsider. Deuteronomy shows the shared measure at work in a hearing: the stranger stands inside the same judgment.
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