Deuteronomy 10:19
in Deuteronomy 10So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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ASV
Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
KJV
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.
This site's exposition
the Lord your God is God of gods
on Deuteronomy 10:17-19
God of gods, and Lord of lords is taken up at Psalm 136:2-3 and rests on Christ at Revelation 17:14 and 19:16. The clause that follows turns the titles toward a courtroom, since a God who regardeth not persons nor taketh reward is a judge no one can buy, and Acts 10:34 and Romans 2:11 carry that phrase into the New Testament. The same God who owns the heaven of heavens is then said to feed and clothe the fatherless, the widow and the stranger, and verse 19 makes his conduct the pattern for theirs on the ground of their own years in Egypt, which is how Leviticus 19:34 grounds it as well.
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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
Two arguments are here urged to enforce this duty:-- (1.) God's common providence, which extends itself to all nations of men, they being all made of one blood.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲהַבְתֶּ֖ם | vaahavtem | and you will love | H157 → | 211 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַגֵּ֑ר | hager | the sojourner | H1616 → | 92 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| גֵרִ֥ים | gerim | sojourners | H1616 → | 92 times |
| הֱיִיתֶ֖ם | heyitem | you were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
וַאֲהַבְתֶּ֖םand you will love
vaahavtemH157 →211 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַגֵּ֑רthe sojourner
hagerH1616 →92 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
גֵרִ֥יםsojourners
gerimH1616 →92 times
הֱיִיתֶ֖םyou were
heyitemH1961 →3559 times
בְּאֶ֥רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרָֽיִם׃Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Galatians 6:10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
it leads to
- Hebrews 13:16
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- Proverbs 3:27
Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15
Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
- Titus 3:8
This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable…
- Matthew 25:40
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Hebrews 13:16
Through
Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
it leads to
- Exodus 23:9
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 19:33
When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
- Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
- Exodus 23:9
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.