Deuteronomy 15:7-18

7“If there is 1a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your 2towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, 3you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother; 8but 4you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks. 9Beware that there is no base 5thought in your heart, saying, ‘6The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,’ and 7your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he 8may cry to the Lord against you, and it will be a sin in you. 10You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because 9for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all 10your undertakings. 1111For the poor will never cease to be 12in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’

12“13If your 14kinsman, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six years, but in the seventh year you shall set him 15free. 13When you set him 16free, you shall not send him away empty-handed. 14You shall furnish him liberally from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as the Lord your God has blessed you. 15You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you 17this today. 16It shall come about 18if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you; 17then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also you shall do likewise to your maidservant.

18“It shall not seem hard to you when you set him 19free, for he has given you six years with 20double the service of a hired man; so the Lord your God will bless you in whatever you do.