kjv Deuteronomy:15-18 SEEK
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At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release .
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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 .
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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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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 .
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Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose ,
thou and thy household .
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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 .
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Thou shalt eat it within thy gates :
the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike ,
as the roebuck ,
and as the hart .
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Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof ;
thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water .
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Observe the month of Abib ,
and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God :
for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night .
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Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God ,
of the flock and the herd ,
in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there .
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Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it ;
seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith ,
even the bread of affliction ;
for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste :
that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life .
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And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days ;
neither shall there any thing of the flesh ,
which thou sacrificedst the first day at even ,
remain all night until the morning .
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Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates ,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee :
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But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in ,
there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even ,
at the going down of the sun ,
at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt .
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And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose :
and thou shalt turn in the morning ,
and go unto thy tents .
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Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread :
and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God :
thou shalt do no work therein .
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Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee :
begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn .
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And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand ,
which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God ,
according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee :
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And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God ,
thou ,
and thy son ,
and thy daughter ,
and thy manservant ,
and thy maidservant ,
and the Levite that is within thy gates ,
and the stranger ,
and the fatherless ,
and the widow ,
that are among you ,
in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there .
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt :
and thou shalt observe and do these statutes .
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Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days ,
after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine :
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And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast ,
thou ,
and thy son ,
and thy daughter ,
and thy manservant ,
and thy maidservant ,
and the Levite ,
the stranger ,
and the fatherless ,
and the widow ,
that are within thy gates .
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Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose :
because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase ,
and in all the works of thine hands ,
therefore thou shalt surely rejoice .
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Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose ;
in the feast of unleavened bread ,
and in the feast of weeks ,
and in the feast of tabernacles :
and they shall not appear before the LORD empty :
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Every man shall give as he is able ,
according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee .
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Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates ,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee ,
throughout thy tribes :
and they shall judge the people with just judgment .
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Thou shalt not wrest judgment ;
thou shalt not respect persons ,
neither take a gift :
for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise ,
and pervert the words of the righteous .
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That which is altogether just shalt thou follow ,
that thou mayest live ,
and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee .
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Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God ,
which thou shalt make thee .
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Neither shalt thou set thee up any image ;
which the LORD thy God hateth .
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Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock ,
or sheep ,
wherein is blemish ,
or any evilfavouredness :
for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God .
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If there be found among you ,
within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee ,
man or woman ,
that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God ,
in transgressing his covenant ,
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And hath gone and served other gods ,
and worshipped them ,
either the sun ,
or moon ,
or any of the host of heaven ,
which I have not commanded ;
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And it be told thee ,
and thou hast heard of it ,
and enquired diligently ,
and ,
behold ,
it be true ,
and the thing certain ,
that such abomination is wrought in Israel :
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Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman ,
which have committed that wicked thing ,
unto thy gates ,
even that man or that woman ,
and shalt stone them with stones ,
till they die .
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At the mouth of two witnesses ,
or three witnesses ,
shall he that is worthy of death be put to death ;
but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death .
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The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death ,
and afterward the hands of all the people .
So thou shalt put the evil away from among you .
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If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment ,
between blood and blood ,
between plea and plea ,
and between stroke and stroke ,
being matters of controversy within thy gates :
then shalt thou arise ,
and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose ;
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And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites ,
and unto the judge that shall be in those days ,
and enquire ;
and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment :
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And thou shalt do according to the sentence ,
which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee ;
and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee :
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According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee ,
and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee ,
thou shalt do :
thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee ,
to the right hand ,
nor to the left .
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And the man that will do presumptuously ,
and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God ,
or unto the judge ,
even that man shall die :
and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel .
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And all the people shall hear ,
and fear ,
and do no more presumptuously .
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When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee ,
and shalt possess it ,
and shalt dwell therein ,
and shalt say ,
I will set a king over me ,
like as all the nations that are about me ;
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Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee ,
whom the LORD thy God shall choose :
one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee :
thou mayest not set a stranger over thee ,
which is not thy brother .
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But he shall not multiply horses to himself ,
nor cause the people to return to Egypt ,
to the end that he should multiply horses :
forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you ,
Ye shall henceforth return no more that way .
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Neither shall he multiply wives to himself ,
that his heart turn not away :
neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold .
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And it shall be ,
when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom ,
that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites :
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And it shall be with him ,
and he shall read therein all the days of his life :
that he may learn to fear the LORD his God ,
to keep all the words of this law and these statutes ,
to do them :
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That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren ,
and that he turn not aside from the commandment ,
to the right hand ,
or to the left :
to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom ,
he ,
and his children ,
in the midst of Israel .
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The priests the Levites ,
and all the tribe of Levi ,
shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel :
they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire ,
and his inheritance .
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Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren :
the LORD is their inheritance ,
as he hath said unto them .
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And this shall be the priest '
s due from the people ,
from them that offer a sacrifice ,
whether it be ox or sheep ;
and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder ,
and the two cheeks ,
and the maw .
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The firstfruit also of thy corn ,
of thy wine ,
and of thine oil ,
and the first of the fleece of thy sheep ,
shalt thou give him .
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For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes ,
to stand to minister in the name of the LORD ,
him and his sons for ever .
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And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel ,
where he sojourned ,
and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose ;
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Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God ,
as all his brethren the Levites do ,
which stand there before the LORD .
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They shall have like portions to eat ,
beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony .
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When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee ,
thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations .
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There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire ,
or that useth divination ,
or an observer of times ,
or an enchanter ,
or a witch ,
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Or a charmer ,
or a consulter with familiar spirits ,
or a wizard ,
or a necromancer .
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For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD :
and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee .
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Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God .
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For these nations ,
which thou shalt possess ,
hearkened unto observers of times ,
and unto diviners :
but as for thee ,
the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do .
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The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee ,
of thy brethren ,
like unto me ;
unto him ye shall hearken ;
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According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly ,
saying ,
Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God ,
neither let me see this great fire any more ,
that I die not .
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And the LORD said unto me ,
They have well spoken that which they have spoken .
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I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren ,
like unto thee ,
and will put my words in his mouth ;
and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name ,
I will require it of him .
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But the prophet ,
which shall presume to speak a word in my name ,
which I have not commanded him to speak ,
or that shall speak in the name of other gods ,
even that prophet shall die .
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And if thou say in thine heart ,
How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken ?
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When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD ,
if the thing follow not ,
nor come to pass ,
that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken ,
but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously :
thou shalt not be afraid of him .
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When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations ,
whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee ,
and thou succeedest them ,
and dwellest in their cities ,
and in their houses ;