Dict: smith - POOR

smith:

POOR - P>@ - The general kindly spirit of the law toward the poor is sufficiently shown by such passages as (15:7) for the reason that (ver. 11) "the poor shall never cease out of the land." Among the special enactments in their favor the following must be mentioned: The right of gleaning. kjv@Leviticus:19:9-10 kjv@Leviticus:24:19-21) From the produce of the land in sabbatical years the poor and the stranger were to have their portion. kjv@Exodus:23:11; kjv@Leviticus:25:6) Re-entry upon land in the jubilee year, with the limitation as to town homes. kjv@Leviticus:25:25-30) Prohibition of usury and of retention of pledges. kjv@Exodus:22:25-27; kjv@Leviticus:25:3-5 kjv@Leviticus:25:37) etc. Permanent bondage forbidden, and manumission of Hebrew bondmen or bondwomen enjoined in the sabbatical and jubilee years. kjv@Leviticus:25:39-42-47-54 kjv@Leviticus:15:12-15) Portions from the tithes to be shared by the poor after the Levites. (14:28; 26:12-13) The poor to partake in entertainments at the feasts of Weeks and Tabernacles. (16:11,14) see Nehe 8:10 Daily payment of wages. kjv@Leviticus:19:13) Principles similar to those laid down by Moses are inculcated in the New Testament, as kjv@Luke:3:11 kjv@Luke:14:13; kjv@Acts:6:1; kjv@Galatians:2:10; kjv@James:2:15)