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Positive commandment 195 of 248

To give alms

Rembrandt, Moses with the Ten Commandments (1659), Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain.

Maimonides

To give alms, as it is said, “Thou shalt surely open thine hand to thy brother, to thy poor” (Deut. 15:11).

Deuteronomy 15:11

KJV
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
ASV
For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.
WEB
For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
JPS
For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying: ‘Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy poor and needy brother, in thy land.’