Deuteronomy 15:11

15:11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open ¹  your hand to your fellow Israelites ²  who are needy and poor in your land.

Deuteronomy 17:15

17:15 you must select without fail ³  a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens ⁴  you must appoint a king – you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites. ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 23:20

23:20 You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the Lord your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.

¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “make sure.”

² tn Heb “your brother.”

³ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, indicated in the translation by the words “without fail.”

⁴ tn Heb “your brothers,” but not referring to siblings (cf. NIV “your brother Israelites”; NLT “a fellow Israelite”). The same phrase also occurs in v. 20.

⁵ tn Heb “your brothers.” See the preceding note on “fellow citizens.”