גֵּר

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Hebrew H1616 Noun, masculine 92 occurrences in 83 verses
גֵּר sojourner

1. sojourner

a. a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights

b. of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights

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Concordance 83 verses

  1. Genesis 15:13 גֵ֣ר׀

    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

  2. Genesis 23:4 גֵּר־

    “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

  3. Exodus 2:22 גֵּ֣ר

    And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

  4. Exodus 12:19 בַּגֵּ֖ר

    For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.

  5. Exodus 12:48 גֵּ֗ר

    If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.

  6. Exodus 12:49 וְלַגֵּ֖ר

    The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”

  7. Exodus 18:3 גֵּ֣ר

    along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

  8. Exodus 20:10 וְגֵרְךָ֖֙

    but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

  9. Exodus 22:21 וְגֵ֥רגֵרִ֥ים

    You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  10. Exodus 23:9 וְגֵ֖רהַגֵּ֔רגֵרִ֥ים

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

  11. Exodus 23:12 וְהַגֵּֽר׃

    For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

  12. Leviticus 16:29 וְהַגֵּ֖ר

    This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—

  13. Leviticus 17:8 הַגֵּ֖ר

    Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice

  14. Leviticus 17:10 הַגֵּר֙

    If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

  15. Leviticus 17:12 וְהַגֵּ֛ר

    Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’

  16. Leviticus 17:13 הַגֵּר֙

    And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.

  17. Leviticus 17:15 וּבַגֵּ֑ר

    And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.

  18. Leviticus 18:26 וְהַגֵּ֖ר

    But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.

  19. Leviticus 19:10 וְלַגֵּר֙

    You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

  20. Leviticus 19:33 גֵּ֖ר

    When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

  21. Leviticus 19:34 הַגֵּ֣ר׀גֵרִ֥ים

    You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

  22. Leviticus 20:2 הַגֵּ֣ר׀

    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.

  23. Leviticus 22:18 הַגֵּ֣ר

    “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,

  24. Leviticus 23:22 וְלַגֵּר֙

    When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”

  25. Leviticus 24:16 כַּגֵּר֙

    Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.

  26. Leviticus 24:22 כַּגֵּ֥ר

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

  27. Leviticus 25:23 גֵרִ֧ים

    The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.

  28. Leviticus 25:35 גֵּ֧ר

    Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

  29. Leviticus 25:47 גֵּ֤רלְגֵ֤רגֵּֽר׃

    If a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan,

  30. Numbers 9:14 גֵּ֗רוְלַגֵּ֖ר

    If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”

  31. Numbers 15:14 גֵּ֜ר

    And for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do.

  32. Numbers 15:15 וְלַגֵּ֣רכַּגֵּ֥ר

    The assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD.

  33. Numbers 15:16 וְלַגֵּ֖ר

    The same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”

  34. Numbers 15:26 וְלַגֵּ֖ר

    Then the whole congregation of Israel and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, since it happened to all the people unintentionally.

  35. Numbers 15:29 וְלַגֵּ֖ר

    You shall have the same law for the one who acts in error, whether he is a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.

  36. Numbers 15:30 הַגֵּ֔ר

    But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.

  37. Numbers 19:10 וְלַגֵּ֛ר

    The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.

  38. Numbers 35:15 וְלַגֵּ֤ר

    These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

  39. Deuteronomy 1:16 גֵּרֽוֹ׃

    At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.

  40. Deuteronomy 5:14 וְגֵֽרְךָ֙

    but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

  41. He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

  42. Deuteronomy 10:19 הַגֵּ֑רגֵרִ֥ים

    So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  43. Deuteronomy 14:21 לַגֵּ֨ר

    You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

  44. Deuteronomy 14:29 וְ֠הַגֵּר

    Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.

  45. Deuteronomy 16:11 וְהַגֵּ֛ר

    and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

  46. Deuteronomy 16:14 וְהַגֵּ֛ר

    And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

  47. Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

  48. Deuteronomy 24:14 מִגֵּרְךָ֛

    Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

  49. Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

  50. Deuteronomy 24:19 לַגֵּ֛ר

    If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

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