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Deuteronomy 15:7-18

7Iftherebeיִהְיֶה֩yih.YehH1961amongstyouapoorman,anyoneמֵאַחַ֤דme.'a.ChadH259ofthybrethreninoneבְּאַחַ֣דbe.'a.ChadH259ofthygatesH8179,inthylandבְּאַ֨רְצְךָ֔be.'Ar.tze.khaH776whichJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee, thou shaltnothardenthyheartלְבָבְךָ֗le.va.ve.KhaH3824,norshutתִקְפֹּץ֙tik.PotzH7092thyhandיָ֣דְךָ֔ya.de.khaH3027fromthybrotherH251inneed;

8butthou shaltopenH6605thyhandיָדְךָ֖ya.de.KhaH3027bountifully untohim,andshaltcertainlylendH5670himonpledgewhatissufficientforhisneed, [inthat]whichhelacketh.

9Bewarethattherebeיִהְיֶ֣הyih.YehH1961notawickedthoughtinthyheartלְבָבְךָ֨le.va.ve.KhaH3824,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Theseventhyearשְׁנַֽת־she.nat-H8141,theyearשְׁנַ֣תshe.NatH8141ofrelease,isathand;andthineeyeעֵֽינְךָ֗'ei.ne.KhaH5869beוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961evilagainstthypoorbrotherH251,andthou givesthimnought;andhecryagainsttheetoJehovah,anditbeH1961sinחֵֽטְא׃Chet'H2399inthee.

10Thou shalt bountifullygiveH5414untohim,andthyheartלְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.KhaH3824shallnotbeevil-disposedwhenthou givest untohim;becauseforthisthingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willblessיְבָרֶכְךָ֙ye.va.rekh.KhaH1288theeinallthyworksמַעֲשֶׂ֔ךָma.'a.Se.khaH4639,andinallthebusinessofthyhandיָדֶֽךָ׃ya.De.khaH3027.

11Fortheneedyאֶבְי֖וֹן'ev.YonH34shallneverceaseיֶחְדַּ֥לyech.DalH2308fromwithinthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776;thereforeH3651Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֙me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Thou shaltopenH6605thyhandיָדְךָ֜ya.de.KhaH3027bountifully unto thybrotherH251,tothypoorלַעֲנִיֶּ֛ךָla.'a.ni.Ye.khaH6041andtothyneedyוּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖u.le.'ev.yo.ne.KhaH34,inthylandבְּאַרְצֶֽךָ׃ סbe.'ar.Tze.khaH776.

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

13Andwhenthou sendesthimoutfreeחָפְשִׁ֖יcha.fe.ShiH2670fromthee, thou shaltnotlethimgoH7971awayH7971emptyH7387;

14thou shaltcertainlyfurnishhimfromthysheepH6629,andoutofthyfloorוּמִֽגָּרְנְךָ֖u.mi.ga.re.ne.KhaH1637,andoutofthywinepressוּמִיִּקְבֶ֑ךָu.mi.yik.Ve.chaH3342:ofwhatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathblessedH1288theewithshalt thougiveתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414untohim.

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

16Anditshallbeוְהָיָה֙ve.ha.YahH1961,ifhesayיֹאמַ֣רyo.MarH559unto thee,Iwillnotgoאֵצֵ֖א'e.Tze'H3318awayfromthee, —becauseheloveth theeandthyhouseH1004,becauseheiswellH2895withthee, —

17thenthou shalttakeוְלָקַחְתָּ֣ve.la.kach.TaH3947anawlהַמַּרְצֵ֗עַha.mar.Tze.a'H4836,andthrustitthroughhisearבְאָזְנוֹ֙ve.'a.ze.NoH241andintothedoorוּבַדֶּ֔לֶתu.va.De.letH1817;andheshallbeוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961thy bondmanforeverH5769.Andalsoוְאַ֥ףve.'AfH637unto thyhandmaidthou shaltdolikewise.

18Letitnotseemhardיִקְשֶׁ֣הyik.ShehH7185unto thee,whenthou sendesthimawayH7971freeחָפְשִׁי֙cha.fe.ShiH2670fromthee;fordoubleמִשְׁנֶה֙mish.NehH4932theworthofahiredservanthathhebeentothee, [in]servingH5647theesixשֵׁ֣שׁsheshH8337yearsשָׁנִ֑יםsha.NimH8141;andJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willblessוּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙u.ve.rakh.KhaH1288theeinallthatthou doest.

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