KJV King James Version
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Deuteronomy 10:19
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
ASV American Standard Version
Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And ye have loved the sojourner, for sojourners ye were in the land of Egypt.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 10
16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
17 For the LORD your God [is] God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
21 He [is] thy praise, and he [is] thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
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Exodus 22:21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.Leviticus 19:33-34And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.Galatians 6:10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all [men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith.Luke 17:18There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.James 2:15-16If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,1 John 3:17-18But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil.Luke 10:28-37And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
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