Deuteronomy 10:19

You too must love the foreigner because you yourselves were once foreigners in 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 makes sure that orphans and widows receive justice, and he loves the foreigners, providing them with food and clothing.

20You must respect the Lord your God and worship him. Hold onto him and make your promises in his name.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or mistreat a foreigner. Remember that you yourselves were once foreigners in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 23:8The third generation of their children are allowed to enter the Lord's sanctuary.

Luke 10:28“You're right,” Jesus told him. “Do this, and you will live.”

Galatians 6:10So while we have time, let's do good to everyone—especially to those who belong to the family of faith.

1 John 3:17If one of you is living well in this world and you see your Christian brother or sister in need, but you don't show compassion—how can God's love be living in you?

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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