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Deuteronomy 15 (WEBP)
[1] At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts.
[2] This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not require payment from his neighbor and his brother, because Yahweh’s release has been proclaimed.
[3] Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand shall release.
[4] However there will be no poor with you (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess)
[5] if only you diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you today.
[6] For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.
[7] If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;
[8] but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.
[9] Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
[10] You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.
[11] For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
[12] If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
[13] When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty.
[14] You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your wine press. As Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
[15] You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you. Therefore I command you this thing today.
[16] It shall be, if he tells you, “I will not go out from you,” because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you,
[17] then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.
[18] It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for he has been double the value of a hired hand as he served you six years. Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.
[19] You shall dedicate all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock to Yahweh your God. You shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
[20] You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household.
[21] If it has any defect—is lame or blind, or has any defect whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
[22] You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the deer.
[23] Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.
Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.
King James w/Strong’s #s
Deuteronomy 15 (KJVS)
[1] At the end H7093 of [every] seven H7651 years H8141 thou shalt make H6213 (8799) a release H8059.
[2] And this [is] the manner H1697 of the release H8059: Every creditor H1167 H4874 H3027 that lendeth H5383 (8686) [ought] unto his neighbour H7453 shall release H8058 (8800) [it]; he shall not exact H5065 (8799) [it] of his neighbour H7453, or of his brother H251; because it is called H7121 (8804) the LORD’S H3068 release H8059.
[3] Of a foreigner H5237 thou mayest exact H5065 (8799) [it again]: but [that] which is thine with thy brother H251 thine hand H3027 shall release H8058 (8686);
[4] Save H657 when there shall be no poor H34 among you; for the LORD H3068 shall greatly H1288 (8763) bless H1288 (8762) thee in the land H776 which the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (8802) thee [for] an inheritance H5159 to possess H3423 (8800) it:
[5] Only if thou carefully H8085 (8800) hearken H8085 (8799) unto the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430, to observe H8104 (8800) to do H6213 (8800) all these commandments H4687 which I command H6680 (8764) thee this day H3117.
[6] For the LORD H3068 thy God H430 blesseth H1288 (8765) thee, as he promised H1696 (8765) thee: and thou shalt lend H5670 (8689) unto many H7227 nations H1471, but thou shalt not borrow H5670 (8799); and thou shalt reign H4910 (8804) over many H7227 nations H1471, but they shall not reign H4910 (8799) over thee.
[7] If there be among you a poor man H34 of one H259 of thy brethren H251 within any H259 of thy gates H8179 in thy land H776 which the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (8802) thee, thou shalt not harden H553 (8762) thine heart H3824, nor shut H7092 (8799) thine hand H3027 from thy poor H34 brother H251:
[8] But thou shalt open H6605 (8799) thine hand H3027 wide H6605 (8800) unto him, and shalt surely H5670 (8687) lend H5670 (8686) him sufficient H1767 for his need H4270, [in that] which he wanteth H2637 (8799).
[9] Beware H8104 (8734) that there be not a thought H1697 in thy wicked H1100 heart H3824, saying H559 (8800), The seventh H7651 year H8141, the year H8141 of release H8059, is at hand H7126 (8804); and thine eye H5869 be evil H7489 (8804) against thy poor H34 brother H251, and thou givest H5414 (8799) him nought; and he cry H7121 (8804) unto the LORD H3068 against thee, and it be sin H2399 unto thee.
[10] Thou shalt surely H5414 (8800) give H5414 (8799) him, and thine heart H3824 shall not be grieved H3415 (8799) when thou givest H5414 (8800) unto him: because H1558 that for this thing H1697 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall bless H1288 (8762) thee in all thy works H4639, and in all that thou puttest H4916 thine hand H3027 unto.
[11] For the poor H34 shall never cease H2308 (8799) out of H7130 the land H776: therefore I command H6680 (8764) thee, saying H559 (8800), Thou shalt open H6605 (8799) thine hand H3027 wide H6605 (8800) unto thy brother H251, to thy poor H6041, and to thy needy H34, in thy land H776.
[12] [And] if thy brother H251, an Hebrew man H5680, or an Hebrew woman H5680, be sold H4376 (8735) unto thee, and serve H5647 (8804) thee six H8337 years H8141; then in the seventh H7637 year H8141 thou shalt let him go H7971 (8762) free H2670 from thee.
[13] And when thou sendest H7971 (8762) him out free H2670 from thee, thou shalt not let him go away H7971 (8762) empty H7387:
[14] Thou shalt furnish H6059 (8686) him liberally H6059 (8687) out of thy flock H6629, and out of thy floor H1637, and out of thy winepress H3342: [of that] wherewith the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath blessed H1288 (8765) thee thou shalt give H5414 (8799) unto him.
[15] And thou shalt remember H2142 (8804) that thou wast a bondman H5650 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, and the LORD H3068 thy God H430 redeemed H6299 (8799) thee: therefore I command H6680 (8764) thee this thing H1697 to day H3117.
[16] And it shall be, if he say H559 (8799) unto thee, I will not go away H3318 (8799) from thee; because he loveth H157 (8804) thee and thine house H1004, because he is well H2895 (8804) with thee;
[17] Then thou shalt take H3947 (8804) an aul H4836, and thrust H5414 (8804) [it] through his ear H241 unto the door H1817, and he shall be thy servant H5650 for ever H5769. And also unto thy maidservant H519 thou shalt do H6213 (8799) likewise.
[18] It shall not seem hard H7185 (8799) unto thee H5869, when thou sendest him away H7971 (8763) free H2670 from thee; for he hath been worth H7939 a double H4932 hired servant H7916 [to thee], in serving H5647 (8804) thee six H8337 years H8141: and the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall bless H1288 (8765) thee in all that thou doest H6213 (8799).
[19] All the firstling H1060 males H2145 that come H3205 (8735) of thy herd H1241 and of thy flock H6629 thou shalt sanctify H6942 (8686) unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430: thou shalt do no work H5647 (8799) with the firstling H1060 of thy bullock H7794, nor shear H1494 (8799) the firstling H1060 of thy sheep H6629.
[20] Thou shalt eat H398 (8799) [it] before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 year H8141 by year H8141 in the place H4725 which the LORD H3068 shall choose H977 (8799), thou and thy household H1004.
[21] And if there be [any] blemish H3971 therein, [as if it be] lame H6455, or blind H5787, [or have] any ill H7451 blemish H3971, thou shalt not sacrifice H2076 (8799) it unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430.
[22] Thou shalt eat H398 (8799) it within thy gates H8179: the unclean H2931 and the clean H2889 [person shall eat it] alike H3162, as the roebuck H6643, and as the hart H354.
[23] Only thou shalt not eat H398 (8799) the blood H1818 thereof; thou shalt pour H8210 (8799) it upon the ground H776 as water H4325.
Young’s Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 15 (YLT)
[1] ‘At the end of seven years thou dost make a release,
[2] and this is the matter of the release: Every owner of a loan is to release his hand which he doth lift up against his neighbour, he doth not exact of his neighbour and of his brother, but hath proclaimed a release to Jehovah;
[3] of the stranger thou mayest exact, and that which is thine with thy brother doth thy hand release;
[4] only when there is no needy one with thee, for Jehovah doth greatly bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee-an inheritance to possess it.
[5] ‘Only, if thou dost diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding thee to-day,
[6] for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee as He hath spoken to thee; and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou hast not borrowed; and thou hast ruled over many nations, and over thee they do not rule.
[7] ‘When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;
[8] for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.
[9] ‘Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart-worthless, saying, Near is the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;
[10] thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;
[11] because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.
[12] ‘When thy brother is sold to thee, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he hath served thee six years-then in the seventh year thou dost send him away free from thee.
[13] And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;
[14] thou dost certainly encircle him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy wine-vat; of that which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou dost give to him,
[15] and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee; therefore I am commanding thee this thing to-day.
[16] ‘And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee-because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because it is good for him with thee-
[17] then thou hast taken the awl, and hast put it through his ear, and through the door, and he hath been to thee a servant age-during; and also to thy handmaid thou dost do so.
[18] ‘It is not hard in thine eyes, in thy sending him away free from thee; for the double of the hire of an hireling he hath served thee six years, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all that thou dost.
[19] ‘Every firstling that is born in thy herd and in thy flock-the male thou dost sanctify to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the firstling of thy flock;
[20] before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it year by year, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, thou and thy house.
[21] ‘And when there is in it a blemish, lame, or blind, any evil blemish, thou dost not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God;
[22] within thy gates thou dost eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe, and as the hart.
[23] Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.