Joshua 8: 32, 35b
And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the Law of Moses, which he had written in the presence of the sons of Israel.
...There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel with the women and the little ones and the strangers who were living among them.
Everyone needed to know what the Law said: men, women, children, little kids, and even what "strangers" came to live with them. All were equal under the Law in that they were all accountable to obey everything that God told them. Even people who were not descended from Jacob.
Who were these "strangers"? Not of the peoples around them that they were not to fraternize with--Unless they were individuals who assimilated into the Hebrew culture and beliefs, forsaking their original ways and worships. Like Rahab and Ruth.
God loves all people, and wants them all to recognize His sovereignty and goodness.
The fields are ripe, ready to harvest. Lord, send Your workers into the fields--even send me!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
