Lent Day Nine, "I Was A Stranger" Challenge

²² “This same standard applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.”

Leviticus 24:22

New Living Translation (NLT)

²² Luật lệ nầy áp dụng cho ngoại kiều cũng như cho các công dân của xứ các ngươi. Ta là Chúa và là Thượng Đế ngươi.”

Lê-vi 24:22

Vietnamese Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (BPT)

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Lent Day Eight, "I Was A Stranger" Challenge

²² “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.’”

Leviticus 23:22

New International Version (NIV)

²² »Cuando llegue el tiempo de la cosecha, no sieguen hasta el último rincón del campo ni recojan todas las espigas que queden de la mies. Déjenlas para los pobres y los extranjeros. Yo soy el Señor su Dios.»

Levítico 23:22

Nueva Versión Internacional (NVI)

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Lent Day Seven, "I Was A Stranger" Challenge

³³ “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. ³⁴ The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:33-34 

New International Version (NIV)

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Lent: I Was A Stranger Challenge, Day 6

  In an effort to follow a lenten tradition, I am reading one passage per day for the 40 days of Lent 2013 from the "I Was A Stranger" Challenge:

⁹ “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. ¹⁰ Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:9-10

New International Version (NIV)

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Day Five of Lent: Exodus 23:12

¹² “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working. This gives your ox and your donkey a chance to rest. It also allows your slaves and the foreigners living among you to be refreshed.

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Day 4: Forty Days of Scripture and Prayer

Exodus 23:9

⁹ “Do not beat an outsider down. You yourselves know how it feels to be outsiders. Remember, you were outsiders in Egypt.

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Day 3: I Was A Stanger Challenge

Exodus 22:21

²¹ “Don’t abuse or take advantage of strangers; you, remember, were once strangers in Egypt.

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