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Deuteronomy 15:7

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7If there is a poor person among you from among one of your brothers in one of your townsj that Yahweh your God is giving to you, you shall not harden your heart, and you shall not shut your hand toward your brother who is poor.k

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  1. jLiterally “gates”
  2. kLiterally “from among your brothers, the poor one”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your city gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them.

KJV 1900King James Version

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: