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Deuteronomy 23

Deut. 23:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou shalt not abhor
ta`ab (Hebrew #8581)
to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest
KJV usage: (make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-ab'
Origin: a primitive root
an Edomite
'Edomiy (Hebrew #130)
patronymic from 123; an Edomite, or descendants from (or inhabitants of) Edom
KJV usage: Edomite. See 726.
Pronounce: ed-o-mee'
Origin: or (fully) aEdowmiy {ed-o-mee'}
; for he is thy brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
m: thou shalt not abhor
ta`ab (Hebrew #8581)
to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest
KJV usage: (make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-ab'
Origin: a primitive root
an Egyptian
Mitsriy (Hebrew #4713)
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim
KJV usage: Egyptian, of Egypt.
Pronounce: mits-ree'
Origin: from 4714
; because thoun wast a stranger
ger (Hebrew #1616)
from 1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
KJV usage: alien, sojourner, stranger.
Pronounce: gare
Origin: or (fully) geyr (gare)
in his land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Gen. 25:24‑26• 24And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
 25And the first came out red--all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
 26And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. (Gen. 25:24‑26)
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Obad. 10‑12• 10Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
 11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away captive his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
 12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor have opened wide thy mouth in the day of distress. (Obad. 10‑12)
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Mal. 1:2• 2I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob, (Mal. 1:2)
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Deut. 10:19• 19And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deut. 10:19)
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Ex. 22:21• 21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt. (Ex. 22:21)
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Ex. 23:9• 9And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt. (Ex. 23:9)
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Lev. 19:34• 34As one born among you shall the stranger who sojourneth with you be unto you; and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God. (Lev. 19:34)

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Edomites,
Egyptians,
Stranger

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Ministry on This Verse

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he is thy.
Gen. 25:24‑26,30• 24And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
 25And the first came out red--all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
 26And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
 30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with the red--the red thing there, for I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom. (Gen. 25:24‑26,30)
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Num. 20:14• 14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us, (Num. 20:14)
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Obad. 10‑12• 10Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
 11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away captive his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
 12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor have opened wide thy mouth in the day of distress. (Obad. 10‑12)
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Mal. 1:2• 2I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob, (Mal. 1:2)
because thou.
Deut. 10:19• 19And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deut. 10:19)
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Gen. 45:17‑18• 17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to thy brethren, Do this: load your beasts and depart, go into the land of Canaan,
 18and take your father and your households, and come to me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. (Gen. 45:17‑18)
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Gen. 46:7• 7his sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons' daughters and all his seed he brought with him to Egypt. (Gen. 46:7)
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Gen. 47:6,12,27• 6The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land settle thy father and thy brethren: let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if thou knowest men of activity among them, then set them as overseers of cattle over what I have.
 12And Joseph maintained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the number of the little ones.
 27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they had possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly. (Gen. 47:6,12,27)
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Ex. 22:21• 21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt. (Ex. 22:21)
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Ex. 23:9• 9And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt. (Ex. 23:9)
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Lev. 19:34• 34As one born among you shall the stranger who sojourneth with you be unto you; and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God. (Lev. 19:34)
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Psa. 105:23• 23And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. (Psa. 105:23)
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Acts 7:10‑18• 10and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house.
 11But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.
 12But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;
 13and the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.
 14And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
 15And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,
 16and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
 17But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
 18until another king over Egypt arose who did not know Joseph. (Acts 7:10‑18)
• Thus, we see, it is not a question of hatred on our part, but of subjection to God, of taking the direction of our thoughts from His word, and of forming our judgments and our conduct according to it. (“Deuteronomy 23” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother. Thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojournera in his land.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "stranger."