Deu 15:11 | JFB | STEP | 11. For the poor shall never cease out of the land —Although every Israelite on the conquest of Canaan became the owner of property, yet in the providence of God who foresaw the event, it was permitted, partly as a punishment of disobedience and partly for the exercise of benevolent and charitable feelings, that "the poor should never cease out of the land." . HEBREW SERVANTS' FREEDOM.

Deuteronomy 15:11

11. For the poor shall never cease out of the land—Although every Israelite on the conquest of Canaan became the owner of property, yet in the providence of God who foresaw the event, it was permitted, partly as a punishment of disobedience and partly for the exercise of benevolent and charitable feelings, that "the poor should never cease out of the land."

De 15:12-19. HEBREW SERVANTS' FREEDOM.