And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land
Ben Gersom, and others, understand this of a proselyte of
righteousness, who was circumcised, and in all things conformed
to the Jewish religion; but it may be interpreted of a proselyte
of the gate, who was not an idolater, since he is described as
one sojourning with them, and indeed of any stranger, who for a
time was providentially cast among them: ye shall not vex
him:
with hard and grievous words, upbraiding him with his former
ignorance and idolatry, and saying unto him, as Jarchi observes,
yesterday thou wast a worshipper of idols, and now thou comest to
learn the law; nor distress him by any means in business, or with
law suits; (See Gill on Exodus
22:21).