If you are poor and cannot afford to bring an animal, you may bring two doves or two pigeons. One of these will be a sacrifice to ask my forgiveness, and the other will be a sacrifice to please me.

If you are so poor that you cannot afford doves or pigeons, you may bring one kilogram of your finest flour. This is a sacrifice to ask my forgiveness, so don't sprinkle olive oil or sweet-smelling incense on it.

If you are poor and cannot afford to offer this much, you may offer a ram as a sacrifice to make things right, together with 300 milliliters of olive oil and one kilogram of flour mixed with oil as a grain sacrifice. The priest will then lift these up to dedicate them to me.

Don't strip your grapevines clean or gather the grapes that fall off the vines. Leave them for the poor and for those foreigners who live among you. I am the Lord your God.

Be fair, no matter who is on trial—don't favor either the poor or the rich.

When you harvest your grain, always leave some of it standing around the edges of your fields and don't pick up what falls on the ground. Leave it for the poor and for those foreigners who live among you. I am the Lord your God!

If any of you Israelites become so poor that you are forced to sell your property, your closest relative must buy it back,

Help for the Poor

The Lord said:

If any of your people become poor and unable to support themselves, you must help them, just as you are supposed to help foreigners who live among you.

Suppose some of your people become so poor that they have to sell themselves and become your slaves.

So obey me, and don't be cruel to the poor.