Deuteronomy 15:7

If a fellow Israelite ¹  from one of your villages ²  in the land that the Lord your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive ³  to his impoverished condition. ⁴ 

De 15:9; Pr 21:13; Mt 18:30; Jas 2:15,16; 1Jo 3:16,17

¹ tn Heb “one of your brothers” (so NASB); NAB “one of your kinsmen”; NRSV “a member of your community.” See the note at v. 2.

² tn Heb “gates.”

³ tn Heb “withdraw your hand.” Cf. NIV “hardhearted or tightfisted” (NRSV and NLT similar).

⁴ tn Heb “from your needy brother.”