The Bible tells Israel to love the foreigner living among them because they had once been foreigners in Egypt. The law states that command in Exodus 22:21, Leviticus 19:33-34 and Deuteronomy 10:17-19, and Scripture also tells of people who fled their homes, among them Joseph, Mary and the child Jesus escaping Herod (Matthew 2:13-15). Jeremiah and Zechariah repeat the command to kings and people (Jeremiah 22:3, Zechariah 7:9-10), and in Isaiah 16:3-4 Moab asks Judah to hide its refugees. In…
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