One who is generous to the poor makes a loan to the Lord; God will repay that person their due. [JPS translation. Edited for gender neutrality]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. When you are generous to the poor, what are you loaning God? How will God repay you?
2. Why does this verse connect giving generously to the poor with giving something to God? What does this teach us about tzedakah and charity?
3. How would our giving practices be different if we considered this text? How can we incorporate this text into our tzedakah work?
Time Period: Biblical (early ancestors to 165 BCE)