Leviticus 19:33-34

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[33] "'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. [34] 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.

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Egypt was the land where Israel lived as enslaved foreigners before the Lord delivered them in the exodus. Their memory of oppression there grounds the command to treat resident aliens in Israel with love and justice.

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Leviticus 19:33-34 mentions Egypt.

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