Holy Scripture
Deuteronomy 23:7
A church father on this verse
“At any rate [Scripture] says openly, "You shall not loathe Egyptians, since you lived as strangers in Egypt." By Egyptian it means "Gentile," in fact anyone from anywhere in the world. It is further forbidden to think of enemies as enemies, even if they are presently besieging your walls in the effort to capture your…”
Source: Septuagint
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7Thou shalt not speak peaceably or profitably to them all thy days forever.
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5because they met you not with bread and water by the way, when ye went out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Mesopotamia to curse thee.
6But the Lord thy God would not hearken to Balaam; and the Lord thy God changed the curses into blessings, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
— Deuteronomy 23:7 —
8Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, because he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
9If sons be born to them, in the third generation they shall enter into the assembly of the Lord.