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Alien
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A foreigner, or person born in another country, and therefore not entitled to the rights and privileges of the country where he resides. Among the Hebrews there were two classes of aliens.
Alien (1)
#Those who were strangers generally, and who owned no landed property.
Alien (2)
#Strangers dwelling in another country without being naturalized (Lev. 22:10; Ps. 39:12).
Both of these classes were to enjoy, under certain conditions, the same rights as other citizens (Lev. 19:33, 34; Deut. 10:19). They might be naturalized and permitted to enter into the congregation of the Lord by submitting to circumcision and abandoning idolatry (Deut. 23:3-8).
This term is used (Eph. 2:12) to denote persons who have no interest in Christ.
In the Bible
5
Verses where Alien is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Deuteronomy 14:21
You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Exodus 18:3
along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- Isaiah 61:5
Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
- Job 19:15
My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
- Psalms 69:8
I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
Scripture on Alien
11
Voices on Alien
24
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Public-domain text. Modernized only where archaic spelling impedes reading; original facts preserved. Verify against an authoritative modern reference before quoting.