"Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God" (Dt. 31:12).
This is definitely not the first verse where God wants the sojourner around to witness His heart. There are a number of occasions just within Deuteronomy that speak of blessing the sojourner, including the sojourner in festivals among other good things. If I may, I'd like to suggest that the sojourner is among the first of many to come evangelists. Why? By the very definition of a sojourner - that's why.
Sojourner (intransitive verb): to live somewhere temporarily, as on a visit; stay for a while. (noun) a brief or temporary stay; visit.
I think you get the jyst of it. The sojourner(s) would then arrive amongst the Israelite who is then worshipping his God - Yahweh - and in turn impressed and impacted and then upon their return to home or even as they continue on the travelling they may be doing tell other about the God of the Israelites who sent forth manna and quail from the skies, who through the obedience of Moses allowed water to flow from a rock (the first time), and who commanded the Red Sea to part in two until all the people crossed over on dry land.
Thus the sojourner is amongst the first of many evangelists.
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