“Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:”
Always be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land — the obligation is explicit: generosity toward the poor is mandatory, not discretionary. Stinginess violates covenant.
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