A moment in scripture
Leviticus 25:35
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
The surrounding passage
- Leviticus 25:33
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
- Leviticus 25:34
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
- Leviticus 25:36
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
- Leviticus 25:37
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.