Deuteronomy 10:19

19 et vos ergo amate peregrinos quia et ipsi fuistis advenae in terra Aegypti

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 quia Dominus Deus vester ipse est Deus deorum et Dominus dominantium Deus magnus et potens et terribilis qui personam non accipit nec munera

18 facit iudicium pupillo et viduae amat peregrinum et dat ei victum atque vestitum

19 et vos ergo amate peregrinos quia et ipsi fuistis advenae in terra Aegypti

20 Dominum Deum tuum timebis et ei servies ipsi adherebis iurabisque in nomine illius

21 ipse est laus tua et Deus tuus qui fecit tibi haec magnalia et terribilia quae viderunt oculi tui