Study it in the app“If there is among you a needy one, one of your brothers, in one of your gates in your land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or close your hand against your brother, the needy one.”
The law asks not to close your hand to a brother in needGenerosity and MoneyDo not harden your heart or close your hand to a brother in needThe Church and CommunityDo not close your hand to a needy brother; open itJustice and mercy
Ifכִּיthere isיִהְיֶהamong youבְךָa needy one,אֶבְיוֹןoneמֵאַחַדof your brothers,אַחֶיךָin oneבְּאַחַדof your gatesשְׁעָרֶיךָin your landבְּאַרְצְךָthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis givingנֹתֵןyou,לָךְyou shall notלֹאhardenתְאַמֵּץyour heartאֶת לְבָבְךָorוְcloseלֹא תִקְפֹּץyour handאֶת יָדְךָagainst your brother,מֵאָחִיךָthe needy one.הָאֶבְיוֹן
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appearsneedy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyon” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appearscity
The whole city, which the gates protect.
Where else “sheare” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appearsstrengthen
To give someone vigor, or make the heart stubborn.
Where else “teamets” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearsshut
To shut the hand or the mouth tightly so as not to give or speak; also to be gathered up, to die.
Where else “tikpots” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears6For YHWH your Elohim has blessed you, as he has spoken to you, and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but over you they will not rule.
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8But you shall freely open your hand to him and freely lend him enough for his need, whatever he lacks.
