God redeemed them and rescued them when they were powerless. He provided for them when they had nothing. And His desire is that His people would do the same for ...

Moses warns Israel against perverting the justice due to the alien and the orphan, and forbids taking a widow's garment in pledge.

14 окт. 2022 г. · We're focusing today in the book of Deuteronomy; looking at leftovers and what God is teaching us about abundance and how we can all be generous with what we ...

God guarded the rights of aliens (non-Israelites living in Israel), orphans, and widows since they were not as capable of defending themselves as other ...

The law against perverting the right of strangers, orphans, and widows, is repeated from Exodus 22:20-21, and Exodus 23:9.

But no doubt a poor widow is meant, and the design of the law is mercy to her, and that she might not be distressed by taking that from her she needed.

David Guzik commentary on Deuteronomy 24 explains the law of divorce, remarriage and marriage, besides other various laws.

New International Version. Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow's garment as security for her debt.

What was left or forgotten was to be left for the alien, the orphan, and the widow, since they were among the less fortunate in Israelite society (vv. 17-18).