Deuteronomium 23:7

7 Den Edomiet zult gij voor geen gruwel houden, want hij is uw broeder; den Egyptenaar zult gij voor geen gruwel houden want gij zijt een vreemdeling geweest in zijn land.

Deuteronomium 23:7 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 23:7

Thou shall not abhor an Edomite
Or an Idumean, the descendants of Esau, whose name was Edom, ( Genesis 25:30 ) the Targum of Jonathan adds, "that comes to be made a proselyte"; he was not to be rejected with abhorrence, because of the old grudge between Jacob and Esau, and which was become national in their posterity:

for he is thy brother;
the Israelites and the Edomites were nearest akin to each other of all the nations; for Jacob and Esau were own brothers by father's and mother's side, yea, were twin brothers; the relation was very near:

thou shall not abhor an Egyptian;
that comes to be made a proselyte also, as the same Targum; though the Israelites were so ill used by them, their lives made bitter with hard bondage, and their male infants slain by them, and they for a long time refused their liberty to depart:

because thou wast a stranger in his land:
and at first received many favours and kindnesses from them, being supported and supplied with provisions during a long famine; and had one of the richest and most fruitful parts of the country assigned them to dwell in; and old favours were not to be forgotten, though they had been followed with great unkindness and cruelty.

Deuteronomium 23:7 In-Context

5 Doch de HEERE, uw God, heeft naar Bileam niet willen horen; maar de HEERE, uw God, heeft u den vloek in een zegen veranderd, omdat de HEERE, uw God, u liefhad.

6 Gij zult hun vrede en hun best niet zoeken, al uw dagen in eeuwigheid.

7 Den Edomiet zult gij voor geen gruwel houden, want hij is uw broeder; den Egyptenaar zult gij voor geen gruwel houden want gij zijt een vreemdeling geweest in zijn land.

8 Aangaande de kinderen, die hun zullen geboren worden in het derde geslacht, elk van die zal in de vergadering des HEEREN komen.

9 Wanneer het leger uittrekt tegen uw vijanden, zo zult gij u wachten voor alle kwade zaak.