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Deuteronomy 15

1Attheendמִקֵּ֥ץmi.KetzH7093ofeverysevenשֶֽׁבַע־she.va'-H7651yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141thou shaltmakeH6213arelease.

2Andthisisthemannerדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697oftherelease:everycreditorH5383shallreleasethatwhichhehathlentH5383untohisneighborבְּרֵעֵ֑הוּbe.re.'E.huH7453;heshallnotexactitofhisneighborרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙re.'E.huH7453andhisbrotherH251;becauseJehovah’sreleasehathbeenproclaimedקָרָ֥אka.Ra'H7121.

3Ofaforeignerהַנָּכְרִ֖יha.na.khe.RiH5237thou mayestexactit:butwhatsoeverofthineiswiththybrotherH251thyhandיָדֶֽךָ׃ya.De.khaH3027shallrelease.

4Howbeitthereshallbeיִֽהְיֶה־yih.yeh-H1961nopoorwiththee (forJehovahwillsurelyblessH1288theeinthelandבָּאָ֕רֶץba.'A.retzH776whichJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth theeforaninheritanceנַחֲלָ֖הna.cha.LahH5159topossessH3423it),

5ifonlyרַ֚קrakH7535thoudiligentlyhearken untothevoiceבְּק֖וֹלbe.KolH6963ofJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,toobserveH8104todoallthiscommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֣הha.mitz.VahH4687whichIcommandמְצַוְּךָ֖me.tza.ve.KhaH6680theethisdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

6ForJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willblessH1288thee,ashepromisedthee:andthou shaltlendH5670untomanyרַבִּ֗יםra.BimH7227nationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471,butthou shaltnotborrow;andthou shaltruleוּמָֽשַׁלְתָּ֙u.ma.shal.TaH4910overmanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227nationsבְּגוֹיִ֣םbe.go.YimH1471,buttheyshallnotruleיִמְשֹֽׁלוּ׃ סyim.Sho.luH4910overthee.

7Iftherebeיִהְיֶה֩yih.YehH1961withtheeapoorman,oneH259ofthybrethren, withinanyofthygatesH8179inthylandבְּאַ֨רְצְךָ֔be.'Ar.tze.khaH776whichJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee, thou shaltnothardenthyheartלְבָבְךָ֗le.va.ve.KhaH3824,norshutתִקְפֹּץ֙tik.PotzH7092thyhandיָ֣דְךָ֔ya.de.khaH3027fromthypoorbrotherH251;

8butthou shaltsurelyopenH6605thyhandיָדְךָ֖ya.de.KhaH3027untohim,andshaltsurelylendH5670himsufficientforhisneedinthatwhichhewanteth.

9Bewarethattherebeיִהְיֶ֣הyih.YehH1961notabasethoughtinthyheartלְבָבְךָ֨le.va.ve.KhaH3824,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Theseventhyearשְׁנַֽת־she.nat-H8141,theyearשְׁנַ֣תshe.NatH8141ofrelease,isathand;andthineeyeעֵֽינְךָ֗'ei.ne.KhaH5869beוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961evilagainstthypoorbrotherH251,andthougiveתִתֵּ֖ןti.TenH5414himnought;andhecryuntoJehovahagainstthee,anditbeH1961sinחֵֽטְא׃Chet'H2399unto thee.

10Thou shaltsurelygiveH5414him,andthyheartלְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.KhaH3824shallnotbegrievedwhenthou givest untohim;becausethatforthisthingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willblessיְבָרֶכְךָ֙ye.va.rekh.KhaH1288theeinallthyworkמַעֲשֶׂ֔ךָma.'a.Se.khaH4639,andinallthatthou puttest thyhandיָדֶֽךָ׃ya.De.khaH3027unto.

11Forthepoorלַעֲנִיֶּ֛ךָla.'a.ni.Ye.khaH6041willneverceaseיֶחְדַּ֥לyech.DalH2308outofthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776:thereforeH3651Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֙me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Thou shaltsurelyopenH6605thyhandיָדְךָ֜ya.de.KhaH3027unto thybrotherH251,tothyneedyH34,andtothypoorH6041,inthylandבְּאַרְצֶֽךָ׃ סbe.'ar.Tze.khaH776.

12IfthybrotherH251,aHebrewהָֽעִבְרִ֗יha.'iv.RiH5680man,oraHebrewהָֽעִבְרִיָּ֔הha.'iv.ri.YahH5680woman,besoldיִמָּכֵ֨רyi.ma.KherH4376unto thee,andserveוַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖va.'a.va.de.KhaH5647theesixשֵׁ֣שׁsheshH8337yearsשָׁנִ֑יםsha.NimH8141;thenintheseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔תha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearוּבַשָּׁנָה֙u.va.sha.NahH8141thou shaltlethimgoתְּשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּte.shal.le.Che.nuH7971freeחָפְשִׁ֖יcha.fe.ShiH2670fromthee.

13Andwhenthou lettesthimgoתְשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּte.shal.le.Che.nuH7971freeחָפְשִׁ֖יcha.fe.ShiH2670fromthee, thou shaltnotlethimgoתְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּte.shal.le.Che.nuH7971emptyH7387:

14thou shaltfurnishhimliberallyoutofthyflockמִצֹּ֣אנְךָ֔mi.Tzo.ne.khaH6629,andoutofthy threshing-floor,andoutofthywinepressוּמִיִּקְבֶ֑ךָu.mi.yik.Ve.chaH3342;asJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathblessedH1288thee thou shaltgiveתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414untohim.

15Andthou shaltrememberוְזָכַרְתָּ֗ve.za.khar.TaH2142thatthou wastabondmaninthelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,andJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430redeemedוַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֖vai.yif.de.KhaH6299thee:thereforeH3651Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֛me.tza.ve.KhaH6680theethisthingH1697to-day.

16Anditshallbeוְהָיָה֙ve.ha.YahH1961,ifhesayיֹאמַ֣רyo.MarH559unto thee,Iwillnotgoאֵצֵ֖א'e.Tze'H3318outfromthee;becauseheloveth theeandthyhouseH1004,becauseheiswellH2895withthee;

17thenthou shalttakeוְלָקַחְתָּ֣ve.la.kach.TaH3947anawlהַמַּרְצֵ֗עַha.mar.Tze.a'H4836,andthrustitthroughhisearבְאָזְנוֹ֙ve.'a.ze.NoH241untothedoorוּבַדֶּ֔לֶתu.va.De.letH1817,andheshallbeוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961thyservantH5650foreverH5769.Andalsoוְאַ֥ףve.'AfH637unto thy maid-servant thou shaltdolikewise.

18Itshallnotseemhardיִקְשֶׁ֣הyik.ShehH7185unto thee,whenthou lettesthimgoבְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֙be.sha.le.cha.KhaH7971freeחָפְשִׁי֙cha.fe.ShiH2670fromthee;fortothedoubleמִשְׁנֶה֙mish.NehH4932ofthehireשְׂכַ֣רse.KharH7939ofahireling hathheservedH5647theesixשֵׁ֣שׁsheshH8337yearsשָׁנִ֑יםsha.NimH8141:andJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willblessוּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙u.ve.rakh.KhaH1288theeinallthatthou doest.

19Allthefirstlingmalesהַזָּכָ֔רha.za.KharH2145thatarebornH3205ofthyherdבִּבְקָרְךָ֤biv.ka.re.ChaH1241andofthyflockH6629thou shaltsanctifyH6942untoJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430: thou shaltdonoworkH5647withthefirstlingofthyherdH1241,norshearתָגֹ֖זta.GozH1494thefirstlingofthyflockH6629.

20Thou shalteatתֹאכֲלֶ֙נּוּ֙to.kha.Le.nuH398itbeforeJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430yearשָׁנָ֣הsha.NahH8141byyearבְשָׁנָ֔הve.sha.NahH8141intheplaceבַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.KomH4725whichJehovahshallchooseיִבְחַ֣רyiv.CharH977, thouandthyhouseholdוּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃u.vei.Te.khaH1004.

21Andifithaveanyblemishמ֗וּםMumH3971,asifitbeיִהְיֶ֨הyih.YehH1961lameפִּסֵּ֙חַ֙pi.Se.achH6455orblindעִוֵּ֔ר'i.VerH5787,anyillblemishמ֣וּםmumH3971whatsoever, thou shaltnotsacrificeתִזְבָּחֶ֔נּוּtiz.ba.Che.nuH2076ituntoJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430.

22Thou shalteatתֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּto.kha.Le.nuH398itwithin thygatesH8179:theuncleanהַטָּמֵ֤אha.ta.Me'H2931andthecleanוְהַטָּהוֹר֙ve.ha.ta.hOrH2889shalleatH398italikeיַחְדָּ֔וyach.DavH3162,asthegazelle,andasthehart.

23Onlyרַ֥קrakH7535thou shaltnoteatתֹאכֵ֑לto.KhelH398thebloodדָּמ֖וֹda.MoH1818thereof; thou shaltpourתִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּtish.pe.Khe.nuH8210itoutuponthegroundהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776aswaterכַּמָּֽיִם׃ פka.Ma.yimH4325.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 15

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