Thus, when Boaz, a forefather of Jesus, saw a needy foreign woman gleaning, he was acting in harmony with what he had learned from God when he made sure that his harvesters left plenty of grain for her to collect. ​ — Ruth 2: 1, 10, 16.
(‏ لاویان ۱۹ :‏ ۳۴ )‏ بسیاری از قوانین خدا به اسرائیلیان می‌آموخت که با مهاجران و غریبان مهربان باشند .‏