Best matchPsalms 105:12–13
12 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, 13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
Bible passages about “immigrant”
Curated semantic-search results from the Bible and early Jewish and Christian writings. These passages are drawn from a current, full-corpus deep search.
Top matching passages
1 Chronicles 16:19–20
19 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, 20 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
Ezra 2:37–39
37 the descendants of Immer, 1,052; 38 the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247; 39 and the descendants of Harim, 1,017.
Nehemiah 7:40
40 the descendants of Immer, 1,052;
2 Esdras 14:29
29 Our fathers at the beginning were foreigners in Egypt, and they were delivered from there, (WEB)
Genesis 12:10
10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
Ezekiel 47:22–23
22 You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who dwell among you and who have children. You are to treat them as native-born Israelites; along with you, they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. 23 In whatever tribe a foreigner dwells, you are to assign his inheritance there,” declares the Lord GOD.
Leviticus 25:45–47
45 You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property. 46 You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother. 47 If a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan,
Leviticus 19:33
33 When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
Genesis 21:34
34 And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
Open the interactive search View translations and sources How search works