According to the Bible, then, your neighbor comes into your presence with certain claims on you. Negatively, she has the right to not be assaulted, defrauded, or killed. Positively, she has the right to be treated with fairness and respect. These verses again show us it is the poor and needy who cannot assert those rights without help. Perhaps they cannot speak for themselves because they aren’t instructed enough in the complicated ways of the law, or they can’t speak the language well enough, or they are too poor to get good help and counsel. We must champion the causes of those who do not
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