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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Deuteronomy 15:3

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again--Admission to all the religious privileges of the Israelites was freely granted to heathen proselytes, though this spiritual incorporation did not always imply an equal participation of civil rights and privileges (Lev 25:44; Jer 34:14; compare Ch1 22:2; Ch2 2:17).
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