“ Introduction This Mishnah and the following Mishnah interpret the commands of Leviticus 19:13: “The wages of a hired servant shall not stay with you all night until the morning,” and Deuteronomy 24:14–15: “You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is of your brethren, or a stranger in your land within your gates. In the same day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to the Lord and it be a sin in you.” ”