Deuteronomy 23:7
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You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEgypt was the land where Israel lived as resident aliens before the exodus, so Israelites were not to abhor Egyptians utterly despite later oppression. Mesopotamia and Pethor, Balaam’s home region, belong to the preceding context about Moab
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Deuteronomy 23:7 mentions Egypt, Mesopotamia and Pethor.
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