The strangerwho resideswith you shall be to you as the nativeamongyou, and you shall lovehim as yourself, for you were aliensin the landof Egypt;I am the LORDyour God.
The LORDprotectsthe strangers;He supportsthe fatherlessand the widow,But He thwartsthe wayof the wicked.
"You shall not wronga strangeror oppresshim, for you were strangersin the landof Egypt.
"You shall divideit by lotfor an inheritanceamong yourselves and among the alienswho stayin your midst,whobringforthsonsin your midst.And they shall be to you as the native-bornamong the sonsof Israel;they shall be allottedan inheritancewith you amongthe tribesof Israel.
You shall not takevengeance,norbearany grudgeagainstthe sonsof your people,but you shall loveyour neighboras yourself; I am the LORD.
Everyoneof you shall reverencehis motherand his father,and you shall keepMy sabbaths;I am the LORDyour God.
"So it will be, ifyou gowith us, that whatevergoodthe LORDdoesfor us, we will dofor you."
"You have heardthat it was said,YOU SHALL LOVEYOUR NEIGHBORand hateyour enemy.'
"So showyour lovefor the alien,for you were aliensin the landof Egypt.
"You shall not detestan Edomite,for he is your brother;you shall not detestan Egyptian,becauseyou were an alienin his land.
"The sonsof the thirdgenerationwhoare bornto them may enterthe assemblyof the LORD.
Then she fellon her face,bowingto the groundand saidto him, "Whyhave I foundfavorin your sightthat you should takenoticeof me, since I am a foreigner?"
