You must pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. If you don’t, they might cry out to the Lord against you, and it would be counted against you as sin.

Commentaries

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

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19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant. —Thus Leviticus 19:13. “The wages of him that is hired shall not abide with …

John Gill

John Gill

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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

At his day you shall give [him] his hire
At the close of the day, when his work is done, the hire agreed for must be…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

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17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

It is not hard to prove that purity, piety, justice, mercy, fair conduct, kindness to the poor and destitute, consideration for them, and generosit…