Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
However, there should be no poor people among you, because the LORD will greatly bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance to possess.
God is promising that if His people follow His ways, He will bless them so abundantly that poverty won't exist among them.
📚 Historical Context
Moses was speaking to the Israelites before they entered the Promised Land, giving them laws about caring for the poor and canceling debts every seven years. This verse comes in the context of instructions about the sabbatical year, when debts were to be forgiven and Hebrew slaves freed. It represents God's ideal vision for a society where His blessings would eliminate poverty if His commands were fully followed.
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