And if your fellow becomes poor and their means fail with you, then you shall strengthen your fellow, whether a stranger or a settler, your fellow shall live with you.
[[JPS translation] Edited for gender neutrality]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. What does it mean that your fellow's means fail with you?
2. Why does the law specify whether a stranger or a settler?
3. How would this law read if it were on a national scale, rather than a personal directive?
Time Period: Biblical (early ancestors to 165 BCE)