35And 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: …
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. …
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 division of the land. And the reason given is, The land is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me , Lev. 25:23. (1.) God having a particular propriety in this land, he would by this restraint…
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