According to the world, we love in order to be loved. According to the Word, we love because God first loved us. Whereas the world falls in love, God’s people are established in love. The love that we possess, however, is not a fleeting whim that comes and goes with every mood and circumstance; rather, it is a love that is beyond ourselves. Our love, true love, has meaning, meaning that cannot be stripped away by any thing, any one, or any feeling. Our love cannot be shaken because it is grounded not in self but in sacrifice.
Burk Parsons

STRANGERS in Israel

STRANGERS in Israel

STRANGERS in Israel

  1. All foreigners sojourning in Israel were counted as # Ex 12:49
  2. Under the care and protection of God # De 10:18 Ps 146:9
  3. Very numerous in Solomon’s reign # 2Ch 2:17
  4. CHIEFLY CONSISTED OF 4a) The remnant of the mixed multitude who came out of Egypt

    # Ex 12:38

4b) The remnant of the nations of the land # 1Ki 9:20 2Ch 8:7 4c) Captives taken in war # De 21:10 4d) Foreign servants # Le 25:44,45 4e) Persons who sought employment among the Jews # 1Ki 7:13 9:27 4f) Persons who came into Israel for the sake of religious privileges # 1Ki 8:41 5) LAWS RESPECTING 5a) Not to practise idolatrous rites # Le 20:2 5b) Not to blaspheme God # Le 24:16 5c) Not to eat blood # Le 17:10-12 5d) Not to eat the passover while uncircumcised # Ex 12:43,44 5e) Not to work on the Sabbath # Ex 20:10 23:12 De 5:14 5f) Not to be vexed or oppressed # Ex 22:21 23:9 Le 19:33 5g) Not to be chosen as kings in Israel # De 17:15 5h) To be loved # Le 19:34 De 10:19 5i) To be relieved in distress # Le 25:35 5j) Subject to the civil law # Le 24:22 5k) To have justice done to them in all disputes # De 1:16 24:17 5l) To enjoy the benefit of the cities of refuge # Nu 35:15 5m) To have the gleaning of the harvest # Le 19:10 23:22 De 24:19-22 5n) To participate in the rejoicings of the people # De 14:29 16:11,14 26:11 5o) To have the law read to them # De 31:12 Jos 8:32-35 5p) The Jews might purchase and have them as slaves # Le 25:44,45 5q) The Jews might take usury from # De 23:20 5r) Might purchase Hebrew servants subject to release # Le 25:47,48 5s) Might offer their burnt-offerings on the altar of God # Le 17:8 22:18 Nu 15:14 5t) Allowed to eat what died of itself # De 14:21 6) Motives urged on the Jews for being kind to # Ex 22:21 23:9 7) Admitted to worship in the outer court of the temple # 1Ki 8:41-43 Re 11:2 Eph 2:14 8) Were frequently employed in public works # 1Ch 22:2 2Ch 2:18 9) The Jews condemned for oppressing # Ps 94:6 Eze 22:7,29