strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:1
@ At the
end
of every
seven
years
thou shalt
make
a
release
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:2
@ And this is the
manner
of the
release
: Every
creditor
H4874
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
LORDS
release
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:3
@ Of a
foreigner
thou mayest
exact
it again: but that which is thine with thy
brother
thine
hand
shall
release
;
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:4
@
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:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:5
@ 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:6
@ 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.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:7
@ 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
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:8
@ But thou shalt
open
thine
hand
wide
unto him, and shalt
surely
lend
him
sufficient
for his
need
, in that which he
wanteth
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:9
@
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.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:10
@ 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.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:11
@ 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:12
@ 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.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:13
@ And when thou
sendest
him out
free
from thee, thou shalt not let him go
away
empty
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:14
@ 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.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:15
@ 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:16
@ 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;
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:17
@ 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.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:18
@ 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:19
@ 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:20
@ Thou shalt
eat
it
before
the
LORD
thy
God
year
by
year
in the
place
which the
LORD
shall
choose
, thou and thy
household
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:21
@ 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:22
@ Thou shalt
eat
it within thy
gates
: the
unclean
and the
clean
person shall eat it
alike
, as the
roebuck
, and as the
hart
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:15:23
@ Only thou shalt not
eat
the
blood
thereof; thou shalt
pour
it upon the
ground
as
water
.
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