Deuteronomy:15

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* At the terme of seuen yeeres thou shalt make a freedome . * And this [is ] the manner of the release : Every (note :)He shall only release his debtors , who are not able to pay for that year .(:note ) 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 . * Of a stranger thou mayest require it : but that which thou hast with thy brother , thine hand shall remit : * * So that thou hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God to obserue and doe all these commandements , which I commande thee this day . * For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee , as he hath promised thee : and thou shalt lend vnto many nations , but thou thy selfe shalt not borow , and thou shalt reigne ouer many nations , &amp ; they shall not reigne ouer thee . * If one of thy brethren with thee be poore within any of thy gates in thy land , which the Lord thy God giueth thee , thou shalt not harden thine heart , nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother : * But thou shalt open thine hand vnto him , and shalt lend him sufficient for his neede which he hath . * Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart , to say , The seuenth yeere , the yeere of freedome is at hand : therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother , and thou giuest him nought , and he crie vnto the Lorde against thee , so that sinne be in thee : * Thou shalt giue him , and let it not grieue thine heart to giue vnto him : for because of this the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in al thy works , and in all that thou puttest thine hand to . * * If thy brother an Ebrewe sell himselfe to thee , or an Ebrewesse , and serue thee sixe yeere , euen in the seuenth yeere thou shalt let him goe free from thee : * And when thou sendest him out free from thee , thou shalt not let him goe away emptie , * Thou shalt (note :)In token that you acknowledge the benefit which God has given you by his labours .(:note ) 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 . * And remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt , &amp ; the Lord thy God deliuered thee : therefore I command thee this thing to day . * And if he say vnto thee , I will not go away from thee , because he loueth thee &amp ; thine house , and because he is well with thee , * Then thou shalt take an aul , and thrust [it ] through his ear unto the door , and he shall be thy servant (note :)To the year of Jubile , ( Lev_25:40 ).(:note ) for ever . And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise . * It shall not seem hard unto thee , when thou sendest him away free from thee ; for he hath been worth a double (note :)For the hired servant served but three years , and he six .(:note ) hired servant [to thee ], in serving thee six years : and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest . * All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God : (note :)For they are the Lords .(:note ) thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock , nor shear the firstling of thy sheep . * Thou shalt eate it before the Lord thy God yeere by yeere , in the place which the Lord shall chose , both thou , and thine household . * But if there be any blemish therein , as if it be lame , or blind , or haue any euill fault , thou shalt not offer it vnto the Lord thy God , * Thou shalt eat it within thy gates : the unclean and the clean [person shall eat it ] alike , (note :)You will eat them , as well as the roe buck and other wild beasts .(:note ) as the roebuck , and as the hart . * Onely thou shalt not eate the blood thereof , but powre it vpon the ground as water .

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