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DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - . @elonmusk is a modern day Cyrus. Anointed. May he be with us for another 55 years.
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DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Hello Mr. Kristol,
The verse you cite is from Leviticus, right alongside the passages on same-sex relations that you so readily dismiss.
But setting that aside, you're misreading the historical context. Leviticus 19:33–34 was written for Israel while the Hebrews were in the wilderness after the Exodus. There was no modern nation-state with fixed borders or an immigration system. Israel was a covenant community, not a country defined by territorial boundaries.
A "sojourner" wasn't simply someone standing inside an invisible border. A sojourner was a foreigner living among Israel who accepted Israel's civil order and lived under its laws. That's why the same Torah you hijack says there should be "one law for the native and for the sojourner." The defining feature wasn't physical location... it was membership in, and submission to, the covenant community.
Using Leviticus 19:33–34 as an argument against modern immigration enforcement ignores the historical and legal context in which the passage was written.
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Bill Kristol @BillKristol
Will this be part of Texas's Bible study?
Leviticus 19:33–34: “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/charliesykes/p/a-modest-suggestion-for-texass-bible
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