Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 24:14-15

Justice for the Vulnerable and the Limits of Covenant Law

Divorce regulation (vv. 1–4) → protection of the new household (v. 5) → prohibition against seizing livelihood pledges (vv. 6, 10–13) → kidnapping law (vv. 7) → skin disease and Miriam's warning (vv. 8–9) → wage and pledge justice for the poor (vv. 14–15) → individual accountability (v. 16) → justice for the sojourner and widow (v. 17) → redemption memory as motive (vv. 18, 22) → gleaning laws for the threefold vulnerable (vv. 19–22)

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14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

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Verse 14

Cross-references

Malachi 3:5Classic cross-references Proverbs 14:31Classic cross-references Romans 13:8Classic cross-references James 5:4Classic cross-references 1 Timothy 5:18Classic cross-references

Original words

Do notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleoppressתַעֲשֹׁ֥קH6231Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singulara hired handשָׂכִ֖ירH7916Adjective - masculine singularwho is poorעָנִ֣יH6041Adjective - masculine singularand needyוְאֶבְי֑וֹןH34Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular[whether] he is a brotherמֵאַחֶ֕יךָH251Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularorא֧וֹH176Conjunctiona foreigner residingמִגֵּרְךָ֛H1616Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativein one of your townsבִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃H8179Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularבְּאַרְצְךָ֖בְּאַרְצְךָ֖H776Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular

Verse 15

Cross-references

Leviticus 19:13Classic cross-references James 5:4Classic cross-references Proverbs 3:27Classic cross-references Ephesians 4:26Classic cross-references Jeremiah 22:13Classic cross-references

Original words

You are to payתִתֵּ֨ןH5414Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularhis wagesשְׂכָר֜וֹH7939Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singulareach dayבְּיוֹמוֹ֩H3117Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularbeforeוְֽלֹא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlesunsetהַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁH8121Article | Noun - common singular. . .תָב֧וֹאH935Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularעָלָ֣יועָלָ֣יוH5921Preposition | third person masculine singularbecauseכִּ֤יH3588Conjunctionheה֔וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singular. . .וְאֵלָ֕יוH413Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine singular. . .ה֥וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularis poorעָנִי֙H6041Adjective - masculine singularand dependsנֹשֵׂ֖אH5375Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object marker-נַפְשׁ֑וֹH5315Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularon themאֶל־H413PrepositionOtherwiseוְלֹֽא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlehe may cry outיִקְרָ֤אH7121Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularto the LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularagainst youעָלֶ֙יךָ֙H5921Preposition | second person masculine singular. . .וְהָיָ֥הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularand you will be guilty of sinחֵֽטְא׃סH2399Noun - masculine singular

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