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If a stranger sojourn with you, or whoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh; as you do, so he shall do.
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Equal Standing for Converts
Commentators agree that the "stranger" is not just any foreigner, but a proselyte who has converted to worshiping the God of Israel. This law establishes that those who turn to God are to be fully welcomed and placed on equal footing with native-born Israelites in their acts of worship.
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16th Century
Protestant
And if a stranger sojourn with you. He does not mean all strangers, but only those who, descending from Gentile nations, had professedly t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if a stranger sojourn with you A stranger, or proselyte, not of the gate, but of righteousness, as Ben Gersom an…
Presbyterian
Full instructions are given about the meat-offerings and drink-offerings. The beginning of this law is very encouraging, When you come into the…
