16 occurrences

'Foreigner' in the Bible

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You are not to do any work neither you, your son, nor your daughter, your male and female servants, your oxen and donkeys, nor any of your livestock, nor any foreigner who lives among you, so that your male and female servants may rest as you do.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyWork, And RestStrangersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekForeigners Included In The LawDay 7No Work On Feast DaysRegulations For Men And Women

"You must not eat any carcass. But you may give it to the alien in your cities so he may eat it or sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. "You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."

Verse ConceptsForeignersFindingMilkRitual LawEcologyStrangersYoung AnimalAnimal MothersDeath Of CreaturesCorpses Of AnimalsLaws Restricting ForeignersForbidden Foodnatural Deathpork

You may exact payment from a foreigner, but cancel whatever your brother owes you.

Verse ConceptsForeignersLaws Restricting ForeignersDebt

You may charge interest to a foreigner, but don't charge interest to your relatives, so the LORD your God may bless you in everything you undertake in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

Verse ConceptsBankruptcyForeignersInterestStrangersLaws Restricting Foreigners

"When you are reaping in the field, and you overlook a sheaf, don't return to get it. Let it remain for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless everything you undertake.

Verse ConceptsForeignersBinding cornBereaved, Care ForGrainOrphansSowing And ReapingWidowsAutumnAliensSuccess And Hard Work

When you harvest the olives from your trees, don't go back to the branches a second time. What remains is for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfDoing Things TwiceOlive Trees

When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, don't go back a second time. What remains are for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.

Verse ConceptsGrapesVineyardDoing Things Twice

"When two brothers are living together and one of them dies without leaving a son, his widow must not be married outside the family to a foreigner. Instead, the brother-in-law must go to her, take her as his wife, and by doing so perform the duty of a brother-in-law.

Verse Conceptsethics, personalBrothersLoyaltyStrangersLack Of SonsBrothers in lawDutyDeath Of A Family MemberRelationships With BoyfriendDeath Of A ChildMarriage Between Man And WomanRaising ChildrenWomen's RolesRelationships And DatingFamily Deathculture

Then set it in the presence of the LORD your God and worship him. Rejoice with the descendants of Levi and the foreigner among you at all the good things that the LORD your God has given you and your family."

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfJoy, Of IsraelLoving ForeignersEating Drinking And Rejoicing

The foreigner in your midst will be elevated higher and higher over you, while you are brought low little by little.

Verse ConceptsForeignersImmigrantsAliens

along with your children, your wives, even the foreigner in your camp, including the woodchopper and the water drawer

Verse ConceptsDrawing WaterFirewoodAliens

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