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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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Ministry on This Verse

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he is thy.
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 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 thy brethren 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 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• 34The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be to you as the homeborn among 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,{HR}And Jacob sojourned in Ham's land. (Psa. 105:23)
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Acts 7:10‑18• 10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour 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 famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.
12But Jacob, having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers first;
13and at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren, and his race became manifest unto Pharaoh.
14And Joseph sent and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
15And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers;
16and they were carried over unto Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in [son, of] Shechem.
17But as the time of the promise was drawing nigh which God vouchsafed to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
18till there arose another king over Egypt who 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."

W. Kelly 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 stranger in his land.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)