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So you shall loveוַאֲהַבְתֶּםthe resident alien,אֶת הַגֵּרforכִּיyou wereהֱיִיתֶםresident aliensגֵרִיםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Deuteronomy 10:19
Study it in the app“So you shall love the resident alien, for you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.”
The God who takes no bribe loves the foreigner and defends the orphanJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 10:19, word by word
- So you shall loveאֲהַבְתֶּםahavtem
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahavtem” appears- the resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- you wereהֱיִיתֶםheyitem
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyitem” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
18He does justice for the orphan and the widow, and loves the resident alien, giving him bread and a cloak.
19 · This verse (above)
20YHWH your Elohim you shall fear; him you shall serve; to him you shall cling; and by his name you shall swear.