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and shall eat and be satisfied; that the L
ORD
thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand
which thou doest.
CHAPTER 15
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 L
ORD
’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 L
ORD
shall greatly bless thee in the land which the L
ORD
thy
God giveth thee
for
an inheritance to possess it:
5
Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of
the L
ORD
thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
6
For
the L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
thy God
shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
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