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# For the poor will never cease to exist in the land
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"For there will always be poor people in the land"
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# For the poor
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The nominal adjective "the poor" can be stated as an adjective. Alternate translation: "For poor people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])
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# I command you and say, 'You must surely open your hand ... in your land.'
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This has a quotation within a quotation. A direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "I command you to open your hand ... in your land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])
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# open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor
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A person who is willing to help someone else is spoken of as if his hand were open. Alternate translation: "help your fellow Israelite, those who are needy, and those who are poor" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# your brother, to your needy, and to your poor
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The words "needy" and "poor" mean basically the same thing and emphasize that these are people who cannot help themselves. Alternate translation: "help your fellow Israelites who cannot help themselves" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]])
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