Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts. You can do this on Bible Gateway with the “View Full Chapter” icon beside the verse: With that said, God certainly has a lot to say about refugees and foreigners, and our prayer is that we’re open to hear the words he’s saying: 1. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. “Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for your name's sake (for they shall hear of your great name and your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this house, hear in heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name. L In whatever tribe the sojourner resides, there you shall assign him his inheritance, declares the Lord God. R This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”. And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’. F “At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns. I OpenBible.info ‣ But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. “So you shall divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel. V Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever, For nothing will be impossible with God.”. Bring them out to us, that we may know them.” ... Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a statute forever throughout your generations. And you shall give to the Levites pasturelands around the cities. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding. You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the sojourners who reside among you and have had children among you. One law and one rule shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.”. He shall surely pay. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. For I have opened my doors to the traveler. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the, The Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the alien, the orphan and the widow who are in your town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the, and you and the Levite and the alien who is among you shall rejoice in all the good which the, Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. Moreover concerning a stranger, that [is] not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him. Bible Verses About Death They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. Citizens All Believers Are Saints Privileges of saints Strangers in israel Families Access to God structure Family Conflict Aliens Family Unity Salvation, Nature Of Old Testament People As Types. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God. Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”.