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Screenshot of an X post that lacks context from a user with the username, “@bennyjohnson” that reads: “We cannot let foreigners take over America. This is Biblical. Deuteronomy warns that foreigners will end up as our rulers if we allow them to gain more and more power than the native population. We owe it to the next generation to preserve our nation.”

The Bible Commands Followers Treat Immigrants with Compassion

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Deuteronomy warns against immigration.

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There is widespread consensus among Christian scholars and theologians that the Bible calls for compassion and hospitality towards immigrants.  

Leviticus 19:33–34 states: “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born.”

Deuteronomy 10:19 states: “You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

The quote from Deuteronomy referenced in this post actually comes from a section where Moses warns about the consequences of not adhering to the commands of God; it is not a warning against immigration. 

Deuteronomy and other parts of the Bible explicitly command followers to protect and love immigrants.  

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