Deuteronomy 15

1 ♥ 📝 A t 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's^H3068 release^H8059 hath been proclaimed.^H7121

3 ♥ 📝 Of a foreigner^H5237 thou mayest exact^H5065 it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother^H251 thy hand^H3027 shall release.^H8058

4 ♥ 📝 Howbeit^H657 there shall be no poor^H34 with thee; (for Jehovah^H3068 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^H3423 it;)

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, as he promised^H1696 thee: and thou shalt lend^H5670 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^H4910 over thee.

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, thou shalt not harden^H553 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, and shalt surely^H5670 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; and he cry^H7121 unto Jehovah^H3068 against thee, and it be sin^H2399 unto thee.

10 ♥ 📝 Thou shalt surely^H5414 give^H5414 him, and thy heart^H3824 shall not be grieved^H3415 when thou givest^H5414 unto him; because^H1558 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^H3027 unto.

11 ♥ 📝 For the poor^H34 will never cease^H2308 out of^H7130 the land:^H776 therefore I command^H6680 thee, saying,^H559 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, and serve^H5647 thee six^H8337 years;^H8141 then in the seventh^H7637 year^H8141 thou shalt let him go^H7971 free^H2670 from thee.

13 ♥ 📝 And when thou lettest^H7971 him go free^H2670 from thee, thou shalt not let him go^H7971 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^H5414 unto him.

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: therefore I command^H6680 thee this thing^H1697 to-day.^H3117

16 ♥ 📝 And it shall be, if he say^H559 unto thee, I will not go out^H3318 from thee; because he loveth^H157 thee and thy house,^H1004 because he is well^H2895 with thee;

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^H6213 likewise.

18 ♥ 📝 It shall not seem hard^H7185 unto thee,^H5869 when thou lettest him go^H7971 free^H2670 from thee; for to the double^H4932 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, thou shalt not sacrifice^H2076 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; thou shalt pour^H8210 it out upon the ground^H776 as water.^H4325