Quotes About Unity

So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,

Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”

Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.

“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:

All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,

your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—

I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,

but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today.

when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.

Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:

The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.

Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.

So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.

And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:

But to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them,

So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.

Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.