Deuteronomy 10:19
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
BSB
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.
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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Galatians 6:10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
leads to
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
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…
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.’
Through
Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
leads to
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.
When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
