![]() “If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside the family to a stranger her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses. This word is frequently used in the Torah for someone who is not from one’s own tribe. The Hebrew verb זור ( Z.W.R, Strong’s #2114) means “to be separated out.” The participle form of this verb means a “stranger,” one who is separated out. This word comes from the verbal root זרח ( Z.R.Hh, Strong's #2224), which means to “come up” or “come out of.” So an ezrahh is one has “come out of” Israel.Īll that are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. The Hebrew word for a native is אזרח ( ezrahh, Strong's #249). The natives (sometimes translated as “home-born”) are those who are born to one of the twelve tribes of Israel. This is why it is imperative that one use a Hebrew dictionary, such as Strong’s, when doing a study of Biblical words. ![]() For instance, the King James Version uses the word “stranger” for זור ( Z.W.R, a stranger, see Leviticus 2:10), גר ( ger, an immigrant, see Exodus 2:22) and נכרי ( nakhriy, a foreigner, see Deuteronomy 17:15). In the Old Testament we have four different people groups the natives, strangers, immigrants and foreigners.Īttempting to differentiate between these different people groups can be very difficult if you are using a translation as it is not uncommon for a translation to use the same English word for different groups. In another article I discussed the different people groups of the New Testament, the Jews, Greeks, Nations and Proselytes. ![]() Natives, Strangers, Immigrants and Foreigners By Jeff A.
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