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by MargaretNichols
From Strong’sConcordance and New American Standard Version:
Alien (1616)– stranger, foreigner, alien, pilgrim, sojourner, guest, visitor
From the root(1481) – basic definition: “to turn aside (from the road)” for the purpose oflodging for the night, to sojourn (as a guest), to dwell (as a stranger). Thisroot essentially means to live among people who are not one’s blood relatives.God directed the Israelites to practice the “Golden Rule” with thosenon-Israelites who wanted to live among them as proselytes… Because ofdisobedience, the Jews were exiled in Mesopotamia to sojourn there.
Job 31:32(Job speaking), “The Alien has not lodged outside, for I have opened my doorsto the travelers.”
Romans 12:13,“…contributing to the needs of the saints,practicing hospitality.”
1 Timothy3:2, “An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate,prudent, respectable, hospitable,able to teach…” – Qualifications of an elder.
Hebrews 13:2,“…do not neglect to shoe hospitality tostrangers…”
1 Peter 4:9,“Be hospitable to one another without complaint.”