The Rational Bible: Deuteronomy by Dennis Prager

Author:Dennis Prager
Format: epub

15.6 For the Lord your God will bless you as He has promised you: you will extend loans to many nations, but require none yourself; you will dominate many nations, but they will not dominate you.

There is an important rule of international relations here: Being a debtor nation means being subject to rule by other nations.

15.7 If, however, there is a needy person among you, one of your kinsmen in any of your settlements in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart and shut your hand against your needy kinsman.

The word “you” or “your” appears eight times in verse 7 (and always in the singular form). The repetition is to remind every Israelite that he is individually responsible for taking care of the needy; these people, he must always remember, are “one of your kinsmen.”

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