ASV_Strong : Deuteronomy 15
1. At the end[H7093] of every seven[H7651] years[H8141] thou shalt make[H6213] a release[H8059].
2. And this is the manner[H1697] of the release[H8059]: every creditor[H4874] shall release[H8058] that which he hath lent[H5383] unto his neighbor[H7453]; he shall not exact[H5065] it of his neighbor[H7453] and his brother[H251]; because Jehovah[H3068]'s release[H8059] hath been proclaimed[H7121].
3. Of a foreigner[H5237] thou mayest exact[H5065] it[H251]: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand[H3027] shall release[H8058].
4. Howbeit[H657] there shall be no poor[H34] with thee[H3068]; (for Jehovah will surely[H1288] bless[H1288] thee in the land[H776] which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] giveth[H5414] thee for an inheritance[H5159] to possess it[H3423]😉
5. if only thou diligently[H8085] hearken[H8085] unto the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430], to observe[H8104] to do[H6213] all this commandment[H4687] which I command[H6680] thee this day[H3117].
6. For Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] will bless[H1288] thee[H1696], as he promised thee[H5670]: and thou shalt lend unto many[H7227] nations[H1471], but thou shalt not borrow[H5670]; and thou shalt rule[H4910] over many[H7227] nations[H1471], but they shall not rule over thee[H4910].
7. If there be with thee a poor man[H34], one[H259] of thy brethren[H251], within any[H259] of thy gates[H8179] in thy land[H776] which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] giveth[H5414] thee[H553], thou shalt not harden thy heart[H3824], nor shut[H7092] thy hand[H3027] from thy poor[H34] brother[H251];
8. but thou shalt surely[H6605] open[H6605] thy hand[H3027] unto him[H5670], and shalt surely lend[H5670] him sufficient[H1767] for his need[H4270] in that which he wanteth[H2637].
9. Beware[H8104] that there be not a base[H1100] thought[H1697] in thy heart[H3824], saying[H559], The seventh[H7651] year[H8141], the year[H8141] of release[H8059], is at hand[H7126]; and thine eye[H5869] be evil[H7489] against thy poor[H34] brother[H251], and thou give[H5414] him nought[H7121]; and he cry unto Jehovah[H3068] against thee[H2399], and it be sin unto thee.
10. Thou shalt surely[H5414] give[H5414] him[H3824], and thy heart shall not be grieved[H3415] when thou givest[H5414] unto him[H1558]; because that for this thing[H1697] Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] will bless[H1288] thee in all thy work[H4639], and in all that thou puttest[H4916] thy hand unto[H3027].
11. For the poor[H34] will never cease[H2308] out of[H7130] the land[H776]: therefore I command[H6680] thee[H559], saying, Thou shalt surely[H6605] open[H6605] thy hand[H3027] unto thy brother[H251], to thy needy[H34], and to thy poor[H6041], in thy land[H776].
12. If thy brother[H251], a Hebrew man[H5680], or a Hebrew woman[H5680], be sold[H4376] unto thee[H5647], and serve thee six[H8337] years[H8141]; then in the seventh[H7637] year[H8141] thou shalt let him go[H7971] free from thee[H2670].
13. And when thou lettest[H7971] him go free[H2670] from thee[H7971], thou shalt not let him go empty[H7387]:
14. thou shalt furnish[H6059] him liberally[H6059] out of thy flock[H6629], and out of thy threshing-floor[H1637], and out of thy winepress[H3342]; as Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] hath blessed[H1288] thee thou shalt give unto him[H5414].
15. And thou shalt remember[H2142] that thou wast a bondman[H5650] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], and Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] redeemed[H6299] thee[H6680]: therefore I command thee this thing[H1697] to-day[H3117].
16. And it shall be[H559], if he say unto thee[H3318], I will not go out from thee[H157]; because he loveth thee and thy house[H1004], because he is well with thee[H2895];
17. then thou shalt take[H3947] an awl[H4836], and thrust[H5414] it through his ear[H241] unto the door[H1817], and he shall be thy servant[H5650] for ever[H5769]. And also unto thy maid-servant[H519] thou shalt do likewise[H6213].
18. It shall not seem hard[H7185] unto thee[H5869], when thou lettest him go[H7971] free[H2670] from thee[H4932]; for to the double of the hire[H7939] of a hireling[H7916] hath he served[H5647] thee six[H8337] years[H8141]: and Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] will bless[H1288] thee in all that thou doest[H6213].
19. All the firstling[H1060] males[H2145] that are born[H3205] of thy herd[H1241] and of thy flock[H6629] thou shalt sanctify[H6942] unto Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430]: thou shalt do no work[H5647] with the firstling[H1060] of thy herd[H7794], nor shear[H1494] the firstling[H1060] of thy flock[H6629].
20. Thou shalt eat[H398] it before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] year[H8141] by year[H8141] in the place[H4725] which Jehovah[H3068] shall choose[H977], thou and thy household[H1004].
21. And if it have any blemish[H3971], as if it be lame[H6455] or blind[H5787], any ill[H7451] blemish[H3971] whatsoever[H2076], thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430].
22. Thou shalt eat[H398] it within thy gates[H8179]: the unclean[H2931] and the clean[H2889] shall eat it alike[H3162], as the gazelle[H6643], and as the hart[H354].
23. Only thou shalt not eat[H398] the blood[H1818] thereof[H8210]; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground[H776] as water[H4325].
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