Moreover, you continued to provoke the Lord at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.

You have been rebelling against him from the very first day I knew you!

So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

“You must not wrong a foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

“You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, because you will have disobeyed the Lord your God.

Abner advised the elders of Israel, “Previously you were wanting David to be your king.

And it will come about that just as you (both Judah and Israel) were a curse to the nations, so I will save you and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid! Instead, be strong!’

Remember – don’t ever forget – how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him.

Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.