Deuteronomy 10:19

19 Love ye therefore the stranger, for ye were strangers in the land of 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, a great God, a mighty and a fearsome, who regardeth not persons nor taketh reward.

18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger in giving him food and raiment.

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

20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; Him shalt thou serve, and to Him shalt thou cleave and swear by His name.

21 He is thy praise, and He is thy God, who hath done for thee these great and fearsome things which thine eyes have seen.