[xzins]

It would tell us that a believing sojourner family in those days was treated well in a land not the land of their faith.

[Buggman]

Okay. But at this point in the discussion, the question is whether illegal immigrants, who know perfectly well that they are engaged in an illegal action, qualify as peaceful, lawful soujorners or as criminal invaders. I presume that Elimelech did not start out his soujorn by violating the laws of Moab, so how does the way he was treated affect the discussion here?

Shalom