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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 an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
 26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. (Gen. 25:24‑26)
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Obad. 10‑12• 10For thy 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 the strangers carried away captive his forces, 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 that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. (Obad. 10‑12)
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Mal. 1:2• 2I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, (Mal. 1:2)
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Deut. 10:19• 19Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were 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 were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Ex. 22:21)
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Ex. 23:9• 9Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Ex. 23:9)
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Lev. 19:34• 34But 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. (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 an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
 26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
 30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; 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 unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: (Num. 20:14)
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Obad. 10‑12• 10For thy 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 the strangers carried away captive his forces, 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 that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. (Obad. 10‑12)
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Mal. 1:2• 2I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, (Mal. 1:2)
because thou.
Deut. 10:19• 19Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deut. 10:19)
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Gen. 45:17‑18• 17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
 18And take your father and your households, and come unto 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 brought he with him into 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 make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
 12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
 27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, 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 were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Ex. 22:21)
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Ex. 23:9• 9Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Ex. 23:9)
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Lev. 19:34• 34But 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. (Lev. 19:34)
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Psa. 105:23• 23Israel also 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 afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
 11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
 12But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
 13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
 14Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
 15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
 16And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
 17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
 18Till another king arose, which knew not 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."