Let not the foreignerwho has joinedhimself to the LORDsay,"The LORDwill surelyseparateme from His people."Norlet the eunuchsay,"Behold,I am a drytree."
"Alsoconcerningthe foreignerwhois not from Your peopleIsrael,when he comesfrom a farcountryfor Your greatname'ssakeand Your mightyhandand Your outstretchedarm,when they comeand praytowardthishouse,
the Jewsestablishedand madea customfor themselves and for their descendantsand for allthose who alliedthemselves with them, so that they would not failto celebratethesetwodaysaccording to their regulationand according to their appointedtimeannually.
Whenthe LORDwill havecompassionon Jacoband againchooseIsrael,and settlethem in their own land,then strangerswill jointhem and attachthemselves to the houseof Jacob.
And [some] of your sonswhowill issuefrom you, whomyou will beget,will be takenaway, and they will becomeofficialsin the palaceof the kingof Babylon.'"
To them I will givein My houseand within My wallsa memorial,And a namebetterthanthat of sonsand daughters;I will givethem an everlastingnamewhichwill not be cutoff.
"Also the foreignerswho jointhemselves to the LORD,To ministerto Him, and to lovethe nameof the LORD,To be His servants,everyonewho keepsfrom profaningthe sabbathAnd holdsfastMy covenant;
"They will askfor the wayto Zion,[turning] their facesin its direction;they will comethat they may jointhemselves to the LORD[in] an everlastingcovenantthat will not be forgotten.
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Then, too,[it is] out of the sonsof the sojournerswho liveas aliensamongyou that you may gainacquisition,and out of their familieswhoare with you, whomthey will have producedin your land;they also may becomeyour possession.
The LORDwill be terrifyingto them, for He will starveallthe godsof the earth;and allthe coastlandsof the nationswill bowdownto Him, everyonefrom his [own] place.
"They shall be joinedwith you and attendto the obligationsof the tentof meeting,for allthe serviceof the tent;but an outsidermay not comenearyou.
"But you and your sonswith you shall attendto your priesthoodfor everythingconcerningthe altarand insidethe veil,and you are to performservice.I am givingyou the priesthoodas a bestowedservice,but the outsiderwho comesnearshall be putto death."
Openinghis mouth,Petersaid:"I mostcertainlyunderstand[now] that Godis not one to show partiality,
And someof them were persuadedand joinedPauland Silas,alongwith a largenumberof the God-fearingGreeksand a numberof the leadingwomen.
Thenhe leftthereand wentto the houseof a mannamedTitiusJustus,a worshiperof God,whosehousewas nextto the synagogue.
to be a ministerof ChristJesusto the Gentiles,ministering as a priestthe gospelof God,sothat [my] offeringof the Gentilesmay becomeacceptable,sanctifiedby the HolySpirit.
But the one who joinshimself to the Lordis onespirit[with Him].
[remember] that you were at that timeseparatefrom Christ,excludedfrom the commonwealthof Israel,and strangersto the covenantsof promise,havingnohopeand without Godin the world.
in whomyou alsoare being built togetherinto a dwellingof Godin the Spirit.
"Whenyou goout as an armyagainstyour enemies,you shall keepyourself from everyevilthing.
Peter,an apostleof JesusChrist,To those who reside as aliens,scattered throughoutPontus,Galatia,Cappadocia,Asia,and Bithynia,who are chosen
