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"If there is ^(e)a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your ^[b]towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, ^(f)you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;

but ^(g)you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks.

Beware that there is no base ^[c]thought in your heart, saying, ‘^(h)The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,' and ⁽ⁱ⁾your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he ^(j)may cry to the Lord against you, and it will be a sin in you.