Stranger: see verse 33.

As the native among you: in some languages one may say “as one of your own brothers (or, kinsmen).” See 16.29.

As yourself: see verse 18.

For …: this connecting word shows that what follows is one reason for obeying the command to love the strangers among the people of Israel. New English Bible translates the same word “because.” Good News Translation highlights this connection by beginning a new sentence with the words “Remember that….”

In the land of Egypt: in order to impress the Israelites with what it is like to be a foreigner in a strange land, they are reminded of their own situation in Egypt in the past.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .