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Topic:
Thoughts And Things Of The Bible -- Alien
A foreigner, or person born in another country, and therefore not
entitled to the rights and privileges of the country where he resides.
Among the Hebrews there were two classes of aliens.
(1.) Those who were strangers generally, and who owned no landed
property.
(2.) Strangers dwelling in another country without being naturalized
(Lev. 22:10; Ps. 39:12). Both of these classes were to enjoy, under
certain conditions, the same rights as other citizens (Lev. 19:33, 34;
Deut. 10:19). They might be naturalized and permitted to enter into the
congregation of the Lord by submitting to circumcision and abandoning
idolatry (Deut. 23:3-8). This term is used (Eph. 2:12) to denote persons
who have no interest in Christ.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible
Dictionaries
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