The document describes four groups of people and their status in ancient Israel:
1) The Israelite family unit had full responsibility to obey God's law and received an inheritance of tribal land.
2) Widows and orphans lacked an inheritance but received some protections.
3) Resident aliens who chose to follow God lacked an inheritance but received some protections.
4) Foreigners who lived in Israel temporarily did not receive protections under God's covenant law.