Deuteronomy 10:19

So be kind to the man from a strange country who is living among you, for you yourselves were living in a strange country in the land of Egypt.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

In Context

18Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.

20Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:21Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 23:8Their children in the third generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.

Luke 10:28And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.

Galatians 6:10So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

1 John 3:17But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 10:13-22

Exhortation to Obedience. ( b. c. 1451.) 12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments of the Lord , and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? 14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord 's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. 15 Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to… Read the whole commentary →

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