Verse
Leviticus 19:34 — But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born…
“But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
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The verses around Leviticus 19:34.
32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Verse explanation
The command to love your neighbor, given in verse 18, is picked up again here and explicitly extended to the foreigner living among the people, with a reason given right in the sentence: you also were foreigners in Egypt. That very memory becomes the argument for how outsiders ought to be treated.
From the Leviticus 19 study in Bible in Stories.
Leviticus 19:34 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Como um natural entre vós será o estrangeiro que peregrina comvosco: amal-o-has como a ti mesmo, pois estrangeiros fostes na terra do Egypto: Eu sou o Senhor vosso Deus.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Como a um natural de vós tereis ao estrangeiro que peregrinar entre vós; e ama-o como a ti mesmo; porque peregrinos fostes na terra do Egito: Eu sou o SENHOR vosso Deus.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Trátalos como a un conciudadano, y ámalos como a ti mismo, porque una vez fuisteis extranjeros viviendo en Egipto. Yo soy el Señor tu Dios.
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