The Spirit of Liberality
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 15:8 Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend 5 him whatever he needs. 6 15:9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude 7 be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite 8 and you do not lend 9 him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. 10