11 Bible Verses about Laws Restricting Foreigners

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it,

"A lay person shall not eat of a holy thing; no foreign guest of the priest or hired servant shall eat of a holy thing,

"No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the LORD forever,

On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

you may indeed set a king over you whom the LORD your God will choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

As soon as the people heard the law, they separated from Israel all those of foreign descent.

If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with her.

You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their clans that are with you, who have been born in your land, and they may be your property.

"You shall not eat anything that has died naturally. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release.

You may charge a foreigner interest, but you may not charge your brother interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.