"Do not mistreat an alien [also translated "foreigner" or "stranger" or "sojourner"] or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt." (Exodus 22:21)
It is pretty natural to respond to injustice with similar injustice, hurting others as we have been hurt. Now that they were out of slavery, it would have been pretty natural for the Israelites to have mistreated or oppressed the aliens among them. But God called them to a different standard, to a new way of life. He called them out of the established order of things and into His design.
God calls us to the same -- to a life of both experiencing His grace and extending it to others.
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