19Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. …
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? …
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-22)Here is a most pathetic exhortation to obedience, inferred from the premises, and urged with very powerful arguments and a great deal of persuasive rhetoric. Moses brings it in like an orator, with an appeal to his auditors And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee ? Deut. 10:12. Ask what he requires; as David (Ps. 116:12), What shall I render ? When we have received mercy from G…
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