Leviticus 25:35
And, when thy brother waxeth poor, and his hand becometh feeble with thee, then shalt thou strengthen him, as a sojourner and a settler, so shall he live with thee.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 23:9And a sojourner, shalt thou not drive away,—seeing that, ye yourselves, know the, soul of a sojourner; for sojourners, became ye in the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 25:25When thy brother waxeth poor, and so selleth aught of his possession, then may his kinsman that is near unto him come in, and redeem that which was sold by his brother.
Deuteronomy 15:7When there cometh to be among you a needy person any one of thy brethren within any one of thy gates, in thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;
Deuteronomy 24:14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy,—of thy brethren or of thy sojourners that are in thy land, within thy gates;
Job 31:16If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
Psalms 41:1How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:
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 →