Sojourners
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
(Gen. 15:13). In Scripture this word has several meanings: 1. a person living away from his native place (Gen. 23:4); 2. a person not belonging to the Jewish people, “the stranger that is within thy gates” (Ex. 20:10); 3. one outside Aaron’s line and therefore unauthorized for priestly service (Num. 3:10; 16:40); and 4. one outside the royal family, or more generally an alien and despised outsider (Matt. 17:25–26; Ps. 69:8).