Deuteronomio 24:14

14 »Jamás te aproveches de los obreros pobres y desamparados, ya sean hermanos israelitas o extranjeros que vivan en tu ciudad.

Deuteronomio 24:14 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 24:14

Thou shall not oppress an hired servant
That is hired by the day, as appears by ( Deuteronomy 24:15 ) ; though the law may include such as are hired by the week, or month, or year; neither of whom are to be oppressed by any means, and chiefly by detaining their wages; so the Jerusalem Targum explains the phrase,

``ye shall not detain by force the hire of the hired servant;''

nor by fraud, as in ( James 5:4 ) ;

[that is] poor and needy;
and so cannot bear the lest oppression of this kind, nor to have his wages detained from him any time, and much less wholly to be defrauded of them:

[whether he be] of thy brethren;
an Israelite, and so a brother both by nation and religion:

or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land, within thy gates;
Jarchi interprets this, both of proselytes of righteousness, and of proselytes of the gate; which latter are plainly described by this clause, and the former must be included; for, if proselytes of the gate are not to be oppressed, much less proselytes of righteousness, who were in all respects as Israelites, the same law was to them both. Jarchi says, the phrase "in thy land" is intended to comprehend the hire of beasts, and of vessels; and these in the Misnah ^F15 are said to be comprehended in this precept, as well as the hire of man.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Bava Metzia, c. 9. sect. 12.

Deuteronomio 24:14 In-Context

12 Si tu vecino es pobre y te da su abrigo como garantía por un préstamo, no retengas la prenda durante la noche.

13 Devuélvela a su dueño antes de que caiga el sol, para que pueda abrigarse durante la noche y te bendiga; y el Señor
tu Dios te considerará justo.

14 »Jamás te aproveches de los obreros pobres y desamparados, ya sean hermanos israelitas o extranjeros que vivan en tu ciudad.

15 Debes pagarles lo que les corresponde al final del día, antes de que caiga el sol, porque son pobres y cuentan con esa paga para vivir. De lo contrario, ellos podrían clamar al Señor
en tu contra, y tú serías culpable de pecado.

16 »Los padres no deben morir por los pecados de los hijos ni los hijos deben morir por los pecados de los padres. Los que merezcan la muerte serán ejecutados por sus propios delitos.