Deuteronomy 10:19
New International Version
And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.

New Living Translation
So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.

English Standard Version
Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Berean Standard Bible
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

King James Bible
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

New King James Version
Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

New American Standard Bible
So show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

NASB 1995
“So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

NASB 1977
“So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Legacy Standard Bible
So show love for the sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Amplified Bible
Therefore, show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Christian Standard Bible
You are also to love the resident alien, since you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You also must love the foreigner, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

American Standard Version
Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Love those who are converted to him because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And ye shall love the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Contemporary English Version
And you should also care for them, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And do you therefore love strangers, because you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

English Revised Version
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So you should love foreigners, because you were foreigners living in Egypt.

Good News Translation
So then, show love for those foreigners, because you were once foreigners in Egypt.

International Standard Version
"You are to love the foreigner, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Love ye therefore the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Literal Standard Version
And you have loved the sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Majority Standard Bible
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

New American Bible
So you too should love the resident alien, for that is what you were in the land of Egypt.

NET Bible
So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

New Heart English Bible
Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Webster's Bible Translation
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

World English Bible
Therefore love the foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation
'And ye have loved the sojourner, for sojourners ye were in the land of Egypt.

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Context
A Call to Obedience
18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. 19So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. 20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.…

Cross References
Exodus 22:21
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:34
You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 23:7
Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

Ezekiel 47:22
You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who dwell among you and who have children. You are to treat them as native-born Israelites; along with you, they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

Ezekiel 47:23
In whatever tribe a foreigner dwells, you are to assign his inheritance there," declares the Lord GOD.


Treasury of Scripture

Love you therefore the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 22:21
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:33,34
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him…

Luke 6:35
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

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Deuteronomy 10
1. God's mercy in restoring the two tablets
6. in continuing the priesthood
8. in separating the tribe of Levi
10. in hearkening unto Moses' plea for his people
12. An exhortation to obedience














(19) For ye were strangers.--"The blemish which is upon thyself thou shalt not notice in thy neighbour" (Rashi). The provision made for the stranger throughout the Old Testament Scriptures has another cause besides: "For I was a stranger, and ye gathered me in." (See a Sermon on "The Stranger" in Silver Sockets, and other Shadows of Redemption.)



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Hebrew
So you also must love
וַאֲהַבְתֶּ֖ם (wa·’ă·haḇ·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 157: To have affection f

the foreigner,
הַגֵּ֑ר (hag·gêr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner

since
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you yourselves were
הֱיִיתֶ֖ם (hĕ·yî·ṯem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

foreigners
גֵרִ֥ים (ḡê·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner

in the land
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Egypt.
מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (miṣ·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa


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