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Deuteronomy 15:12-18

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.

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