We have seen in the preceding article that in ancient Israel, foreigners could worship Jehovah acceptably, but such foreigners had to associate with Jehovah’s covenant people.
كَمَا رَأَيْنَا فِي ٱلْمَقَالَةِ ٱلسَّابِقَةِ ،‏ قَبِلَ يَهْوَهُ عِبَادَةَ ٱلْغُرَبَاءِ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْقَدِيمَةِ عِنْدَمَا ٱنْضَمُّوا إِلَى شَعْبِهِ .‏