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Deuteronomy 10:19

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aliens;   Hospitality;   Love;   Strangers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Aliens;   Brethren;   Brotherly Love;   Duty;   Love;   Love-Hatred;   Social Duties;   Social Life;   Strangers;   The Topic Concordance - Love;   Strangers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Love to Man;   Strangers in Israel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Stranger;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Foreigner;   Hospitality;   Moses;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Golden Rule;   Hospitality;   Neighbor;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Alien;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Proselytes;   Stranger;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Alien;   Brotherly Love;   Hospitality;   Loan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;   Ethics;   Poverty;   Proselyte;   Stranger;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Proselyte;   Stranger;   Stranger, Alien, Foreigner;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hospitality;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Other Laws;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gentiles;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aliens;   Commandments, the 613;   Ethics;   Judaism;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 2;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You are also to love the resident alien, since you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.
Hebrew Names Version
Love you therefore the sojourner; for you were sojourners in the land of Mitzrayim.
King James Version
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Lexham English Bible
And you shall love the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
English Standard Version
Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
New Century Version
You also must love foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.
New English Translation
So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Amplified Bible
"Therefore, show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
New American Standard Bible
"So show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Loue ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Legacy Standard Bible
So show love for the sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Contemporary English Version
And you should also care for them, because you were foreigners in Egypt.
Complete Jewish Bible
Therefore you are to love the foreigner, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Darby Translation
And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
Easy-to-Read Version
So you must also love them, because you yourselves were strangers in the land of Egypt.
George Lamsa Translation
Love therefore those who turn to him; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Good News Translation
So then, show love for those foreigners, because you were once foreigners in Egypt.
Literal Translation
And you shall love the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore shal ye loue a strauger, for ye youre selues also were straungers in the londe of Egipte.
American Standard Version
Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Loue ye therfore the straunger also: for ye were straungers your selues in the lande of Egypt.
King James Version (1611)
Loue yee therefore the stranger: for yee were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall love the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
English Revised Version
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Berean Standard Bible
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And therfor `loue ye pilgryms, for also ye weren comelyngis in the lond of Egipt.
Young's Literal Translation
`And ye have loved the sojourner, for sojourners ye were in the land of Egypt.
Update Bible Version
Love therefore the sojourner; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Webster's Bible Translation
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
World English Bible
Love you therefore the sojourner; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
New King James Version
Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
New Living Translation
So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.
New Life Bible
So show your love for the stranger. For you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
New Revised Standard
You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall ye love the sojourner, - for sojourners, became ye in the land of Egypt.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And do you therefore love strangers, because you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Revised Standard Version
Love the sojourner therefore; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
THE MESSAGE
You must treat foreigners with the same loving care— remember, you were once foreigners in Egypt. Reverently respect God , your God, serve him, hold tight to him, back up your promises with the authority of his name. He's your praise! He's your God! He did all these tremendous, these staggering things that you saw with your own eyes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Contextual Overview

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 for thy good the commandments of the LORD, and His statutes, which I command thee this day? 14 Behold, unto the LORD thy God belongeth the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that therein is. 15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you, above all peoples, as it is this day. 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. 17 For the LORD your God, He is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awful, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward. 18 He doth execute justice for 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 by His name shalt thou swear. 21 He is thy glory, and He is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and tremendous things, which thine eyes have seen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 22:21, Leviticus 19:33, Leviticus 19:34, Luke 6:35, Luke 10:28-37, Luke 17:18, Galatians 6:10, James 2:15, James 2:16, 1 John 3:17, 1 John 3:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:13 - thy Exodus 23:9 - thou shalt not Leviticus 25:35 - a stranger Deuteronomy 1:16 - the stranger Deuteronomy 23:7 - because thou Psalms 146:9 - preserveth Zechariah 7:9 - saying Hebrews 13:2 - not

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Genesis 10:7
And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
Genesis 10:8
And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 10:15
And Canaan begot Zidon his firstborn, and Heth;
Genesis 10:17
and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite;
Genesis 10:18
and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad.
Genesis 10:21
And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
Genesis 10:24
And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Love ye therefore the stranger,.... Because the Lord loves him; and another reason follows, particularly binding on the Israelites:

for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt; and therefore should sympathize with such, and show them compassion, relieve them in distress, and afford them whatever they want, and is in the power of their hands to communicate to them; remembering their own condition in Egypt, and how welcome such a treatment would have been to them then, as well as the kind and careful providence of God towards them at that time.


 
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