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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Canaan 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.

Canaan · Bahnfrend
Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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