Lending to the Poor

35 ‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and [a]falls into poverty among you, then you shall (A)help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:35 Lit. his hand fails

Generosity to the Poor

“If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the [a]gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, (A)you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, but (B)you shall [b]open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:7 towns
  2. Deuteronomy 15:8 freely open

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