Deuteronomy 10:19

Therefore, you also should love sojourners, for you also were new arrivals in the land of Egypt.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

18He accomplishes judgment for the orphan and the widow. He loves the sojourner, and he gives him food as well as clothing.

20You shall fear the Lord your God, and him alone shall you serve. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:21You shall not harass the newcomer, nor shall you afflict him. For you yourselves were once newcomers in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 23:8Those who have been born of them, in the third generation, shall enter into the church of the Lord.

Luke 10:28And he said to him: “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”

Galatians 6:10Therefore, while we have time, we should do good works toward everyone, and most of all toward those who are of the household of the faith.

1 John 3:17Whoever possesses the goods of this world, and sees his brother to be in need, and yet closes his heart to him: in what way does the love of God abide 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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