Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 222:4

מני אי תנא קמא דמאחיך קשיא גר תושב אי רבי יוסי קשיא בהמה וכלים

all are transgressed. Hence it was said: The hire of man, animal, and utensils are identical in that they are subject to [the laws], <i>At his day shalt thou give him his hire</i>, and, <i>the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning</i>. R. Jose son of R. Judah said: In respect to a resident alien one is subject to [the law], <i>At his day thou shalt give him his hire</i>; but not to that of, <i>Thou shalt not keep all night</i> [the wages of him that is hired, etc.]. In respect of [the hire of] animals and utensils, only the injunction, <i>Thou shalt not oppress</i> [etc.],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIV, 14. ');">⁷</span> is applicable. Now, who is [the authority for our Mishnah]? If the first Tanna, who interpreted <i>'of thy brethren,'</i> the resident alien presents a difficulty.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to the first Tanna all injunctions apply to a resident alien, in opposition to our Mishnah. ');">⁸</span>

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