Wednesday 02Feb2022
This afternoon in my reading of the Old Testament, I saw that the LORD commanded Moses in Deuteronomy chapter 24 to tell the children of Israel to treat three groups of poor people in their midst kindly:
- The sojourners,
- The fatherless, and
- The widows
- Deuteronomy 24:17 - 22 WEB World English Bible
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17 You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to
the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;
18 but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing.
19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
20 When you beat your olive-tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
21 When you gather [the grapes of] your vineyard, you shall not glean it after you: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
22 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing. - Deuteronomy 27:19 WEB
- Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen.
Brothers and Sisters in Iesus the Anointed One, let us also show kindness to the poor who live in our midst. Let us help, protect and bring relief to refugees, orphans, and widows around us.
