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A closed hand rests on a ledge beside a neighbor holding an empty bowl.
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Deuteronomy 15:7

Do Not Shut Your Hand

Release Debts, Open Your Hand, and Send Servants Free · Deuteronomy 15

Story guide: A closed hand beside a neighbor’s empty bowl shows the refusal of help that the command forbids.

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7If there is a poor man among you, one of your brothers, within one of your gates in your land that Yahweh your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

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