13. and to observe the LORD's commands and decrees that I am
giving you today for your own good?
14. To the LORD your God belong the
heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.
15. Yet
the LORD set his affection on your forefathers and loved them, and he chose you,
their descendants, above all the nations, as it is today.
16. Circumcise
your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.
17. For the
LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and
awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.
18. He defends the
cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and
clothing.
19. And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves
were aliens in Egypt.
20. Fear the LORD your God and serve him. Hold fast to
him and take your oaths in his name.
21. He is your praise; he is your God,
who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own
eyes.
22. Your forefathers who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and
now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Is there any more that needs to be said? There are no excuses that will
get us past what God has said on the subject - God
"defends the cause of the fatherless and widow, and
loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. And
you are to love those who are aliens..."