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Leviticus 25:35

Leviticus 25:35
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And if thy brother be waxen poor,.... An Israelite, as Aben Ezra, be reduced to a low estate, through afflictions in body, or in family, or through losses in trade, or want of business, or through one…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Rather, And if thy brother (an Israelite) becomes poor and falls into decay with thee, thou shalt assist him and let him live with thee like a resident foreigner. He was not to be regarded as an…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 25:23-38

Here is, I. A law concerning the real estates of the Israelites in the land of Canaan, and the transferring of them. 1. No land should be sold for ever from the family to whose lot it fell in the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Leviticus 25:35-38

Prohibition of usury in the case of a poor Israelite(H with perhaps a slight admixture of P)