Leviticus 25:35
If thy brother be impoverished, and weak of hand, and thou receive him as a stranger and sojourner, and he live with thee,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
34But let not their suburbs be sold, because it is a perpetual possession.
36Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest: fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.
Cross References
Exodus 23:9Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 25:25If thy brother being impoverished sell his little possession, and his kinsman will, he may redeem what he had sold.
Deuteronomy 15:7If one of thy brethren that dwelleth within the gates of thy city in the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, come to poverty: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor close thy hand,
Deuteronomy 24:14Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the needy, and the poor, whether he be thy brother, or a stranger that dwelleth with thee in the land, and is within thy gates:
Job 31:16If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
Psalms 41:1Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
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 →