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With respect to the foreigner you may exact payment, but you must remit[a] what shall be owed to you with respect to your brother. Nevertheless, there[b] shall not be among you a poor person, because Yahweh will certainly bless you in the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you as an inheritance, to take possession of it. If only you listen well to the voice of Yahweh your God by observing diligently[c] all of these commandments[d] that I am commanding you today.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:3 Literally “your hand shall remit”
  2. Deuteronomy 15:4 Hebrew “it”
  3. Deuteronomy 15:5 Literally “to observe so as to do”
  4. Deuteronomy 15:5 Hebrew “commandment”
  5. Deuteronomy 15:5 Literally “the day”

You may require payment from a foreigner,(A) but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you. However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless(B) you, if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow(C) all these commands I am giving you today.

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