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Deuteronomy 15:2-14

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.

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