Ulangan 15:10-11

15:10 You must by all means lend ¹  to him and not be upset by doing it, ²  for because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt. 15:11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open ³  your hand to your fellow Israelites ⁴  who are needy and poor in your land.

¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “by all means.”

² tc Heb “your heart must not be grieved in giving to him.” The LXX and Orig add, “you shall surely lend to him sufficient for his need,” a suggestion based on the same basic idea in v. 8. Such slavish adherence to stock phrases is without warrant in most cases, and certainly here.

³ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “make sure.”

⁴ tn Heb “your brother.”