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The Urgency of Just Wages
Commentators emphasize the urgency of the command: pay the worker by the end of the day. John Gill explains this is because the worker is poor and has 'set his heart upon it,' meaning they are desperately depending on that income for their immediate survival. Withholding payment is a cruel disappointment to someone in need.
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Deuteronomy
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Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 24:14–15
19th Century
Bishop
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant. —Thus Leviticus 19:13. “The wages of him that is hired shall not abide with …
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 24:15
17th Century
Pastor
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
On Deuteronomy 24:14–22
17th Century
Minister
It is not hard to prove that purity, piety, justice, mercy, fair conduct, kindness to the poor and destitute, consideration for them, and generosit…