Deuteronomy 15
1. At the end of every seven years thou shalt make * a release.
2. And this is the manner of the release:Every creditor that lendeth * ought unto his neighbour shall release * it; he shall not exact * it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called * the LORD'S release.
3. Of a foreigner thou mayest exact * it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release * ;
4. Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly * bless * thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth * thee for an inheritance to possess * it:
5. Only if thou carefully * hearken * unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe * to do * all these commandments which I command * thee this day.
6. For the LORD thy God blesseth * thee, as he promised * thee: and thou shalt lend * unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow * ; and thou shalt reign * over many nations, but they shall not reign * over thee.
7. If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth * thee, thou shalt not harden * thine heart, nor shut * thine hand from thy poor brother:
8. But thou shalt open * thine hand wide * unto him, and shalt surely * lend * him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth * .
9. Beware * that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying * , The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand * ; and thine eye be evil * against thy poor brother, and thou givest * him nought; and he cry * unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
10. Thou shalt surely * give * him, and thine heart shall not be grieved * when thou givest * unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless * thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
11. For the poor shall never cease * out of the land: therefore I command * thee, saying * , Thou shalt open * thine hand wide * unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
12. And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold * unto thee, and serve * thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go * free from thee.
13. And when thou sendest * him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away * empty:
14. Thou shalt furnish * him liberally * out of thy flock, and out of thy floor,and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed * thee thou shalt give * unto him.
15. And thou shalt remember * that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed * thee: therefore I command * thee this thing to day.
16. And it shall be, if he say * unto thee, I will not go away * from thee; because he loveth * thee and thine house, because he is well * with thee;
17. Then thou shalt take * an aul, and thrust * it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever.And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do * likewise.
18. It shall not seem hard * unto thee,when thou sendest him away * free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving * thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless * thee in all that thou doest * .
19. All the firstling males that come * of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify * unto the LORD thy God:thou shalt do no work * with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear * the firstling of thy sheep.
20. Thou shalt eat * it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose * , thou and thy household.
21. And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice * it unto the LORD thy God.
22. Thou shalt eat * it within thy gates:the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
23. Only thou shalt not eat * the blood thereof; thou shalt pour * it upon the ground as water.
