DEUT433 The first sentence of [Deuteronomy 10:14-19] restates God's ultimate ownership of “the heavens to their uttermost reaches... the earth and all that is on it.” The rest of the passage, however, articulates another reason to give to the poor, namely, that it is one of our covenantal duties to God. That covenant between God and the People Israel includes mutual promises, and so part of its authority to demand that we aid the poor comes from the promise that our ancestors--and therefore we--made at Mount Sinai to abide by the terms of the covenant. But the authority of the covenant to require us to act in specific ways is not only rooted in the morality of promise keeping. The covenant relationship between God and the People Israel also results in a love relationship between them, similar to a covenant of marriage. Therefore, we must give to the poor because our Lover wants us to do that, just as we do many things for our human spouse not because we promised, but out of love.