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17 Bible Verses About Refugees

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  • Exodus 22:21, Exodus 23:9, Leviticus 19:34 and Deuteronomy 10:19 all give the same reason for protecting foreigners: Israel had been foreigners in Egypt.
  • Deuteronomy 27:19, Jeremiah 22:3, Zechariah 7:10 and Psalm 146:9 name the foreigner together with the fatherless and the widow.
  • Isaiah 16:3-4 records Moab asking Judah to hide its refugees and not betray them to the destroyer.
  • Joseph, Mary and Jesus fled to Egypt to escape Herod and stayed there until Herod died (Matthew 2:13-15).
  • Jeremiah 29:7 tells the exiles in Babylon to seek the peace of the city they were taken to and pray for it.

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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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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