Deuteronomy 15:11 meaning and explanation
For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
Deuteronomy 15:11, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses is speaking to Israel on the plains of Moab, preparing a people who will soon enter the promised land. Verses 4 and 11 can seem to clash: God promises there need be no poor among them if they obey, yet here He states plainly that poverty will always exist.
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