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World English Bible

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 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 .

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.