Deuteronomy 10:19 commands the Israelites to:

> "Love ye therefore the stranger."

This is held against Deuteronomy 14:21, which permits Israelites to give an animal that 'dieth of itself' (carrion) to a stranger to eat. Critics assume this demonstrates a lack of love, essentially feeding garbage to foreigners.

This imposes modern hygienic sensibilities onto the ancient world. The Israelite restriction on eating animals that died naturally was a specific, covenantal ritual purity law regarding the improper draining of blood, not necessarily a universal health hazard. For a traveling foreigner struggling with sustenance, receiving free meat was an act of vital charity and hospitality, not a malicious insult.