Leviticus 25:35
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"'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't support him among you; then you shall uphold him. As a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageCanaan was the land God gave Israel, where this law required Israelites to support impoverished fellow covenant members. Egypt was the land of Israel’s former slavery; God’s redemption from it grounded their obligation to treat vulnerable people with generosity rather than exploitation.
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Leviticus 25:35 mentions Canaan and Egypt.
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