Leviticus 25:35
And if thy brother becomes poor, and his hand fails with thee, then thou shall uphold him; he shall live with thee [as] a stranger and a sojourner.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
34But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession.
36Take thou no interest from him or increase, but fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.
Cross References
Exodus 23:9And thou shall not oppress a sojourner, for ye know the heart of a sojourner, since ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 25:25If thy brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possession, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and shall redeem that which his brother has sold.
Deuteronomy 15:7If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brothers, within any of thy gates in thy land which LORD thy God gives thee, thou shall not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother,
Deuteronomy 24:14Thou shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brothers, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates.
Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Psalms 41:1Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:24-39
23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto… Read the whole commentary →