Leviticus 25:35

“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

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WEBBE

“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself amongst you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

BSB

Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

KJV

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

ASV

And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: [as] a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

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וְכִי־ ve·khi- and if H3588 יָמוּךְ ya·mukh he will become impoverished H4134 אָחִיךָ 'a·chi·kha brother your H251 וּמָטָה u·ma·tah and it will slip H4131 יָדוֹ ya·do hand his H3027 עִמָּךְ 'i·makh with you H5973 וְהֶחֱזַקְתָּ ve·he·che·zak·ta and you will strengthen H2388 בּוֹ bo (in) (the) him H9033 גֵּר ger a sojourner H1616 וְתוֹשָׁב ve·to·shav and a resident alien H8453 וָחַי va·chai and he will live H2421 עִמָּךְ 'i·makh with you H5973

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 35–38

Poverty and decay are great grievances, and very common; the poor ye have always with you. Thou shalt relieve him; by sympathy, pitying the poor; by service, doing for them; and by supply, giving to them according to their necessity, and thine ability. Poor debtors must not be oppressed. Observe the arguments here used against extortion: "Fear thy God." Relieve the poor, "that they may live with thee;" for they may be serviceable to thee. The rich can as ill spare the poor, as the poor can the rich. It becomes those that have received mercy to show mercy.

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ServantPoorBeneficenceStrangersAlmsCreditorLendingUsury

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.