Providing for the Poor
7If, however, there is a needy person among you, one of your kinsmen in any of your settlements in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart and shut your hand against your needy kinsman. 8Rather, you must open your hand and lend him sufficient for whatever he needs. 9Beware lest you harbor the base thought, “The…
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The Ancient Near Eastern Background of Biblical Law
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Deuteronomy 19:15–21
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