Of Poor Countrymen

³⁵ ‘^(A)Now in case a ^[a]countryman of yours becomes poor and his ^[b]means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. ^36 (B)Do not take ^[c]usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your ^[d]countryman may live with you. ³⁷ You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food for gain.

⁷ “If there is ^(A)a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your ^[a]towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, ^(B)you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother; ⁸ but ^(C)you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks. ⁹ Beware that there is no base ^[b]thought in your heart, saying, ‘^(D)The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,’ and ^(E)your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he ^(F)may cry to the Lord against you, and it will be a sin in you. ¹⁰ You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because ^(G)for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all ^[c]your undertakings. ^11 (H)For the poor will never cease to be ^[d]in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’