Leviticus 19:34
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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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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEgypt, in northeastern Africa along the Nile, was the land where Israel lived as oppressed foreigners before the exodus. Israel’s memory of God’s deliverance from Egypt grounds the command to treat resident aliens with the same love and justice they themselves once needed.
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