Providing for the Poor

Deuteronomy 15:7–18

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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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Law in the Hebrew Bible

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Biblical law, including a focus on social justice, is essential to the relationship between God and the people of Israel.

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Deuteronomy 14: 22–23, 28–29
You shall set aside every year a tenth part of all the yield of your sowing that is brought from the field. You shall consume the tithes of your new grain and wine and oil, and the firstlings of…
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The Pilgrimage Festivals

Deuteronomy 16:1–17
Observe the month of Abib and offer a passover sacrifice to the Lord your God, for it was in the month of Abib, at night, that the Lord your God freed you from Egypt. You shall slaughter the…
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Justice and Judicial Procedures

Deuteronomy 16–17
You shall appoint magistrates and officials for your tribes, in all the settlements that the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall govern the people with due justice. You shall…
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Kingship

Deuteronomy 17:14–20
If, after you have entered the land that the Lord your God has assigned to you, and taken possession of it and settled in it, you decide, “I will set a king over me, as do all the nations about me,”…
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Prophets

Deuteronomy 18:9–22
When you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to imitate the abhorrent practices of those nations. Let no one be found among you who consigns his son or daughter…
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Witnesses

Deuteronomy 19:15–21
A single witness may not validate against a person any guilt or blame for any offense that may be committed; a case can be valid only on the testimony of two witnesses or more. If a man appears…
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