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#Care for widows and orphans old testament full#
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of slavery you shall have no other gods before me.įor the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them with food and clothing.Įvery third year you shall bring out the full tithe of your produce for that year, and store it within your towns the Levites, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you, as well as the resident aliens, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you. If any cannot afford the equivalent, they shall be brought before the priest and the priest shall assess them the priest shall assess them according to what each one making a vow can afford. Do not take interest in advance or otherwise make a profit from them, but fear your God let them live with you. If any of your kin fall into difficulty and become dependent on you, you shall support them they shall live with you as though resident aliens.
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If anyone of your kin falls into difficulty and sells a piece of property, then the next of kin shall redeem what the relative has sold. When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest you shall leave them for the poor and for the alien: I am the Lord your God. You shall not strip your vineyard bare, or gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard you shall leave them for the poor and the alien: I am the Lord your God. When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest. You shall do the same with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.īut if he is poor and cannot afford so much, he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be elevated, to make atonement on his behalf, and one-tenth of an ephah of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain offering and a log of oil You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in their lawsuits.įor six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that they poor of your people may eat and what they leave the wild animals may eat. If you do abuse them I will surely heed their cry, my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans. Those who mock the poor insult their Maker. I therefore command you, “Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.” Q: What does the Old Testament say about the poor?Ī: 161 Old Testament passages demand kindness and generosity to the poor, often referred to as 'the widow' or 'the orphan.'