Deuteronomy 15:9-11
Lexham English Bible
9 Take care[a] so that there[b] will not be a thought of wickedness[c] in your heart, saying,[d] ‘The seventh year, the year of the remission of debt is near,’ and you view your needy neighbor with hostility,[e] and so you do not give to him, and he might cry out against you to Yahweh, and you would incur guilt against yourself.[f] 10 By all means you must give to him, and you must not be discontented[g] at your giving to him, because on account of this very thing, Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.[h] 11 For the poor[i] will not cease to be among you[j] in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying,[k] ‘You shall willingly open your hand to your brother, to your needy and to your poor that are in your land.’
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- Deuteronomy 15:9 Literally “Watch for yourself”
- Deuteronomy 15:9 Hebrew “it”
- Deuteronomy 15:9 Literally “a thing in your heart wickedness”
- Deuteronomy 15:9 Literally “to say”
- Deuteronomy 15:9 Literally “is bad your eye against your brother who is needy”
- Deuteronomy 15:9 Literally “it will be against you a sin”
- Deuteronomy 15:10 Literally “and not shall be bad/evil your heart at/when”
- Deuteronomy 15:10 Literally “in all of the sending/putting forth of your hand”
- Deuteronomy 15:11 Or “the needy person”
- Deuteronomy 15:11 Literally “from the midst of “
- Deuteronomy 15:11 Literally “to say”
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