⁷If there is a poor person among you from among one of your brothers in one of your towns^j 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 ⁸But you shall certainly open your hand for him, and you shall willingly lend^l to him enough to meet his need, whatever it is.^m ⁹Take careⁿ so that there^o will not be a thought of wickedness^p in your heart, saying,^q ‘The seventh year, the year of the remission of debt is near,’ and you view your needy neighbor with hostility,^r and so you do not give to him, and he might cry out against you to Yahweh, and you would incur guilt against yourself.^s ¹⁰By all means you must give to him, and you must not be discontented^t at your giving to him, because on account of this very thing, Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.^u ¹¹For the poor^v will not cease to be among you^w in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying,^x ‘You shall willingly open your hand to your brother, to your needy and to your poor that are in your land.’

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Footnotes

jLiterally “gates”
kLiterally “from among your brothers, the poor one”
lLiterally “lending you shall lend”
mLiterally “whatever is lacking for him”
nLiterally “Watch for yourself”
oHebrew “it”
pLiterally “a thing in your heart wickedness”
qLiterally “to say”
rLiterally “is bad your eye against your brother who is needy”
sLiterally “it will be against you a sin”
tLiterally “and not shall be bad/evil your heart at/when”
uLiterally “in all of the sending/putting forth of your hand”
vOr “the needy person”
wLiterally “from the midst of “
xLiterally “to say”