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You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your sojourners who are in your land within your gates:
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Oppression is Delayed Wages
Commentators agree that the primary meaning of 'oppress' in this context is the failure to pay a worker promptly. John Calvin argues that because a poor laborer depends on their daily earnings for survival, the very act of delaying payment is a form of oppression. This is not just a financial matter but a life-sustaining one.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant. —Thus Leviticus 19:13. “The wages of him that is hired shall not abide with …
16th Century
Protestant
You shall not oppress a hired servant. This precept is similar to the previous one. Moses declares that whoever has hired a poor person fo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall not oppress an hired servant That is hired by the day, as appears by (Deuteronomy 24:15) ; tho…
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Presbyterian
It is not hard to prove that purity, piety, justice, mercy, fair conduct, kindness to the poor and destitute, consideration for them, and generosit…
