Isaiah 56:3

God's Word

Foreigners who have joined the Lord should not say, “The Lord will separate us from his people.” Castrated men should not say, “We’re only dead trees!”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:32

“People who are not Israelites will come from distant countries because of your great name, mighty hand, and powerful arm. When they come to pray facing this temple,

Esther 9:27

the Jews established a tradition for themselves and their descendants and for anyone who would join them. The tradition was that a person should never fail to observe these two days every year, as they were described and at their appointed time.

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord will have compassion for Jacob and again choose Israel. He will resettle them in their own country. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.

Isaiah 39:7

Some of your own descendants will be taken away. They will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ”

Isaiah 56:5

Inside my house and within my walls, I will give them something better than sons and daughters. I will give them a monument and a name. I will give them a permanent name that will not be forgotten.

Isaiah 56:6

And ⌞I will remember⌟ the foreigners who have joined the Lord to worship him, to love the Lord’s name, and to be his servants. All of them will keep the day of rest—a holy day, from becoming unholy and will faithfully observe the conditions of my promise.

Jeremiah 50:5

They will ask which road goes to Zion and turn in that direction. They will go there to make a permanent agreement with the Lord. It will not be forgotten.

Leviticus 21:20

who is a hunchback or dwarf, who has defective sight, skin diseases, or crushed testicles.

Leviticus 25:45

You may also buy them from the foreigners living among you and from their families born in your country. They will be your property.

Zephaniah 2:11

The Lord will terrify them, because he will make all the gods of the earth waste away. So every person from every coast and nation will bow to him.

Numbers 18:4

They will join you and do whatever work is necessary for the tent of meeting, including all the maintenance work for the tent. But no one else may come near you.

Numbers 18:7

Only you and your sons may do the work of priests—everything done at the altar and under the canopy. This is my gift to you: You may serve me as priests. Anyone else who comes near ⌞the holy place to do this work⌟ must die.”

Acts 10:34

Then Peter said, “Now I understand that God doesn’t play favorites.

Acts 17:4

Some of the Jews were persuaded to join Paul and Silas, especially a large group of Greeks who had converted to Judaism and the wives of many prominent men.

Acts 18:7

Then he left the synagogue and went to the home of a man named Titius Justus, who was a convert to Judaism. His house was next door to the synagogue.

Romans 15:16

to be a servant of Christ Jesus to people who are not Jewish. I serve as a priest by spreading the Good News of God. I do this in order that I might bring the nations to God as an acceptable offering, made holy by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:17

However, the person who unites himself with the Lord becomes one spirit with him.

Ephesians 2:12

Also, at that time you were without Christ. You were excluded from citizenship in Israel, and the pledges  ⌞God made in his⌟ promise were foreign to you. You had no hope and were in the world without God.

Ephesians 2:22

Through him you, also, are being built in the Spirit together with others into a place where God lives.

Deuteronomy 23:9

When you’re at war and have set up camp to fight your enemies, stay away from anything that will make you unclean.

1 Peter 1:1

From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. To God’s chosen people who are temporary residents ⌞in the world⌟ and are scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.