Deuteronomy:15:7-18
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ;
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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 .
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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 .
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