Numbers 15
Dear RTB’ers,
I had noticed the word “sojourner” (or stranger or alien) appearing seven times in today’s reading, and the laws that applied to the Israelites applied also to the sojourners. The Lord speaking: For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a statute forever throughout your generations. You and the sojourner shall be alike before the LORD. One law and one rule shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you. (vv. 15-16) This legal equality is repeated three times in these two verses!
I was thinking of our own USA and the aliens living among us, the legal and the illegal. In particular I was thinking of our current and former Avanza kids and their families. No doubt some of these kids and many of their parents and grandparents are here illegally. And those whom we know (or have known) are living peacefully and working hard to support their families. Yet, deportation is on the horizon, some nearer than others, and many of these kids are nervous for their futures. We need to be praying for them and their families. They need our support.
Blessings!