Deuteronomy:15:2-14
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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 LORD '
S release .
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Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again :
but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release ;
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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 :
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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 .
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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 .
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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 :
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But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him ,
and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need ,
in that which he wanteth .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And when thou sendest him out free from thee ,
thou shalt not let him go away empty :
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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 .