But Moses answered, “You know I am a very poor speaker, and the king will never listen to me.”

because that is the only cover the poor have when they sleep at night. I am a merciful God, and when they call out to me, I will come to help them.

And don't favor the poor, simply because they are poor.

Make sure that the poor are given equal justice in court.

but let the land rest during the seventh year. The poor are to eat what they want from your fields, vineyards, and olive trees during that year, and when they have all they want from your fields, leave the rest for wild animals.

But I won't do all this in the first year, because the land would become poor, and wild animals would be everywhere.

Each man over 19, whether rich or poor, must pay me the same amount of money, weighed according to the official standards.