foreigners
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33If a newcomer lives in your land and abides among you, do not reproach him, 34but let him be among you like one native born. And you shall love him as yourselves. For you were also newcomers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
9You shall not harass a sojourner, for you know the life of a newcomer. For you yourselves also were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
21You shall not harass the newcomer, nor shall you afflict him. For you yourselves were once newcomers in the land of Egypt.
19Therefore, you also should love sojourners, for you also were new arrivals in the land of Egypt.
34but let him be among you like one native born. And you shall love him as yourselves. For you were also newcomers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
2And do not be willing to forget hospitality. For by it, certain persons, without realizing it, have received Angels as guests.
9The Lord watches over new arrivals. He will support the orphan and the widow. And he will destroy the ways of sinners.
5And I will approach you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against evil-doers, and adulterers, and perjurers, and those who cheat the hired hand in his wages, the widows and the orphans, and who oppress the traveler, and who have not feared me, says the Lord of hosts.
35For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
22Let there be equal judgment among you, whether it is a sojourner or a citizen who will have sinned. For I am the Lord your God.
19Now, therefore, you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God,