For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Do not charge interest to the poor who borrow by necessity; but show mercy to those you might exploit, and share loss as well as profit with them. Do not strip a poor man of his bedclothes for a debt, but return them by nightfall so he has something to lie on. Those who sleep warm ought to consider the hard lodgings of the poor and refuse to make their suffering worse.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 22:25-31
Thou shall not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits,.... Which, according to Maimonides (k), were of seven kinds only; for he says,"they do not bring the firstfruits, but of the seven kinds, said in the praise of the land, (the land of Canaan), Deu 8:8 and they are wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates;''and how much of these were to...
For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious. (i) For cold and necessity.