Today's Labor Quote: the Torah

In two places, the Torah specifies that one must pay one's worker on the day the work is completed. In Leviticus 1 it says "You shall not leave [with you] the payment of a worker overnight until the morning." In Deuteronomy 2 the verse states, "On his day you should give his wages, the sun should not set on it, because he is a poor man and his life depends on it…"
The Torah, or Jewish Written Law, consists of the five books of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the "Old Testament."