Leviticus 25:35

Debt and Slave Regulations

25:35 “ ‘If your brother66 becomes impoverished and is indebted to you,67 you must support68 him; he must live69 with you like a foreign resident.70

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66	tn It is not clear to whom this refers. It is probably broader than “sibling” (cf. NRSV “any of your kin”; NLT “any of your Israelite relatives”) but some English versions take it to mean “fellow Israelite” (so TEV; cf. NAB, NIV “countrymen”) and others are ambiguous (cf. CEV “any of your people”).
67	tn Heb “and his hand slips with you.”
68	tn Heb “strengthen”; NASB “sustain.”
69	tn The form וָחַי (vakhay, “and shall live”) looks like the adjective “living,” but the MT form is simply the same verb written as a double ayin verb (see HALOT 309 s.v. חיה qal, and GKC 218 §76.i; cf. Lev 18:5).
70	tn Heb “a foreigner and resident,” which is probably to be combined (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 170–71).