7Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
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Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Interpreters are not agreed what is here meant by entering into the congregation of the Lord , which is here forbidden to eunuchs and to bastards, Ammonites and Moabites, for ever, but to Edomites and Egyptians only till the third generation. 1. Some think they are hereby excluded from communicating with the people of God in their religious services. Though eunuchs and bastards were owned as membe…
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