Deuteronomy 10:19

19 And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 10:19 in Other Translations

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

19 Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

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

19 You must treat foreigners with the same loving care - remember, you were once foreigners in Egypt.

19 Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

19 So you should love foreigners, because you were foreigners living in Egypt.

19 You also must love the foreigner, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

19 So you also must love outsiders. Remember that you yourselves were outsiders in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 10:19 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 10:19

Love ye therefore the stranger
Because the Lord loves him; and another reason follows, particularly binding on the Israelites:

for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt;
and therefore should sympathize with such, and show them compassion, relieve them in distress, and afford them whatever they want, and is in the power of their hands to communicate to them; remembering their own condition in Egypt, and how welcome such a treatment would have been to them then, as well as the kind and careful providence of God towards them at that time.

Deuteronomy 10:19 In-Context

17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.

18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.

19 And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.

20 Fear the LORD your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.

21 He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 7:12
• 2. S Exodus 22:21; S Deuteronomy 24:19
• 3. S Leviticus 19:34; Ezekiel 47:22-23