KJV King James Version
[But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 19:34
[But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
WEB World English Bible
The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.
ASV American Standard Version
The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 19
31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.
32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.
33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34 [But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.
35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I [am] the LORD.
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כְּאֶזְרָ֣חH249 · ez.rachbornמִכֶּם֩H9036 · khemyouיִהְיֶ֨הH1961 · ha.yahto beלָכֶ֜םH9036 · khemyouהַגֵּ֣ר׀H1616 · gersojournerהַגָּ֣רH1481 · gurto sojournאִתְּכֶ֗םH854 · etwithוְאָהַבְתָּ֥H157 · a.havto love: loverלוֹ֙H9033 · ohimכָּמ֔וֹךָH3644 · ke.molikeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforגֵרִ֥יםH1616 · gersojournerהֱיִיתֶ֖םH1961 · ha.yahto beבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptאֲנִ֖יH589 · a.niIיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃H430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 10:19Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.Leviticus 19:18Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.Exodus 12:48-49And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.Matthew 5:43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
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