Some foreign residents became worshippers of Jehovah, sharing the feelings of the Moabite Ruth, who declared to the Israelite Naomi: “Your people will be my people, and your God my God. ”
وَمُبَاشَرَةً قَبْلَ عُبُورِ ٱلْإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ لِيَمْتَلِكُوا أَرْضَ كَنْعَانَ ،‏ أَوْصَاهُمْ مُوسَى أَنْ ‹ يُحِبُّوا ٱلْغَرِيبَ › ٱلسَّاكِنَ فِي وَسْطِهِمْ .‏