Deuteronomy:15:1-14

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* At the end of seven years , shalt thou make a release . * And , this , shall be the manner of the release , Every creditor who lendeth aught to his neighbour , his hand shall release it , he shall not exact it of his neighbour or his brother , because there hath been proclaimed a release unto Yahweh . * Of a foreigner , thou mayest exact it , but , what thou hast with thy brother , thy hand shall release ; * save , when there shall be among you no needy person , for Yahweh will indeed bless , thee , in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee as an inheritance to possess it : * only if thou do hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God , to observe to doall this commandment which I am commanding time to-day . * When , Yahweh thy God , hath blessed thee , as he spake unto thee , then shalt thou lead unto many nations but thou , shalt not borrow , and , thou shalt rule over many nations but over thee , shall they not rule . * When there cometh to be among you a needy person any one of thy brethren within any one of thy gates , in thy land , which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee , thou shalt not harden thy heart nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother ; * but thou shalt , open , thy hand unto him , and , lend , him enough to meet the poverty which doth impoverish him . * Take thou heed to thyself lest there be something near thine abandoned heart , saying Drawing nigh , is the seventh year the year of release , and so thine eye be evil , against thy needy brother , and thou give not unto him , and he cry out against thee unto Yahweh , and it become in thee a sin ! * Thou shalt , give , unto him , and thy heart shall not be evil when thou givest unto him , for on account of this very thing , will Yahweh thy God bless thee , in all that thou doest and in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand . * For the needy will not cease out of the midst of the landfor this cause , am I commanding thee , saying , Thou shalt open , thy hand unto thy brother to thy poor and to thy needy , in thy land . * When thy brother a Hebrew man (or a Hebrew woman ) selleth himself unto thee , then shall he serve thee six years , and in the seventh year , shalt thou let him go out free from thee ; * and when thou lettest him go out free , from thee , thou shalt not let him go out empty : * thou shalt , richly load , him out of thy flock , and out of thy threshing-floor and out of thy wine-vat , of that wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee , shalt thou give unto him ;

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