Leviticus 19:34

Leviticus 19:34 [But] 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.

Ver. 34. Shall be unto you as one born among you.] If he be a proselyte.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The stranger - The foreigner. See Leviticus 16:29 note; Exodus 23:9 .
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Final Rules of Humanity and Justice. Resident aliens are to be respected; fraud is to be banished. For the stranger, cf. Leviticus 17:8 f.*. St...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

But. This is better omitted. unto you. Authorized Version, 1611, omitted these words. as thyself. Compare Leviticus 19:18 . ye were strang...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Various Laws, mainly of a Moral and Humane Character This chapter was very naturally regarded by Jewish authorities as an embodiment of the Decalo...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LAW OF HOLINESS (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 19:1-37 WE have in this chapter a series of precepts and prohibitions which from internal evidence ap...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis, namely, the fact that t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These precepts are to the same effect as the former, in point of plainness and tendency. And they are enforced by the same authority. It is very inte...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As one born among you Either, 1st, As to the matters of common right, so it reached to all strangers. Or, 2d, As to church privileges, so concerned...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MANY LAWS GROUPED TOGETHER (vv. 1-37) We have seen at the beginning and end of chapter 18 God's announcement, “I am the Lord your God.” In chapter...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Right Attitude Towards the Resident Alien ( Leviticus 19:33-34 ). Leviticus 19:33-34 “And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land, you...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Practical Piety: Religion in all Relationships SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 19:2 .—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, a...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be better unders...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION From the prohibition of moral uncleanness exhibiting itself in the form of incest and licentiousness, the legislator proceeds to a se...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As one born among you — Either 1, as to the matters of common right, so it reacheth to all strangers. Or 2, as to church — privileges, so it conce...

³⁴ But 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.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 19:34

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviticus 19:34