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Deuteronomy 15:7

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there be: Lest the preceding law might render the Israelites cautious in lending to the poor, Moses here warns them against being led by so mean a principle; but to lend liberally, and God would reward them.

thou shalt: Deuteronomy 15:9; Proverbs 21:13; Matthew 18:30; James 2:15-16; 1 John 3:16-17

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