Deuteronomy 24:14-15
“You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers, or one of your sojourners who are in your land within your gates. You shall give him his hire in his day, before the sun goes down; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.”
This passage is part of the Law given through Moses to the ancient Israelites, detailing instructions for how they were to live as a community in the land they were about to enter. It appears within a section of various civil and social laws, emphasizing justice and care for the vulnerable.
How might the ancient call to pay a worker promptly and fairly reshape our understanding of responsibility towards those whose labor creates the goods and services we consume?