Topic
Foreigner
32 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ephesians 2:19ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
- Exodus 12:45ISBE
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
- Exodus 12:49Easton
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
- Exodus 20:10Easton
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
- Exodus 22:21Easton
¶ Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 23:9Easton
¶ Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 17:15Easton
And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
- Leviticus 17:16Easton
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 18:26Easton
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
- Leviticus 19:33Easton
¶ And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
- Leviticus 19:34Easton
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.
- Leviticus 20:2Easton
Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with…
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- Leviticus 22:25 ISBE
- Leviticus 23:22 Easton
- Leviticus 24:16 Easton
- Leviticus 24:22 Easton
- Leviticus 25:47 ISBE
- Numbers 15:15 Easton
- Numbers 35:15 Easton
- Deuteronomy 14:21 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 14:28 Easton
- Deuteronomy 15:3 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 16:10 Easton
- Deuteronomy 16:11 Easton
- Deuteronomy 17:15 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 23:20 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 24:19 Easton
- Deuteronomy 29:22 ISBE
- Ruth 2:10 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 15:19 ISBE
- Psalms 39:12 ISBE
- Obadiah 1:11 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 19 references
A Gentile. Such as resided among the Hebrews were required by the law to be treated with kindness (Ex. 22:21; 23:9; Lev. 19:33, 34; 23:22; Deut. 14:28; 16:10, 11; 24:19). They enjoyed in many things equal rights with the native-born residents (Ex. 12:49; Lev. 24:22; Num. 15:15; 35:15), but were not allowed to do anything which was an abomination according to the Jewish law (Ex. 20:10; Lev. 17:15,16; 18:26; 20:2; 24:16, etc.).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 13 references
for'-in-er" The translation of nokhri, "unknown," "foreign," frequently rendered "stranger" (De 15:3; Ob 1:11); of toshabh, "a settler," "an alien resident" (Ex 12:45; the Revised Version (British and American) "sojourner"; compare Le 25:47; Ps 39:12); of paroikos, "dwelling near," "sojourner" (Eph 2:19, the Revised Version (British and American) sojourners").
Revised Version has "foreigner" for "stranger" (De 17:15; 23:20; 29:22; Ru 2:10; 2Sa 15:19), for "alien" (De 14:21); "the hand of a foreigner" for "a stranger's hand" (Le 22:25).
See ALIEN; STRANGER AND SOJOURNER.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.