New American Standard Bible 2020

Deuteronomy 15

The Sabbatical Year

1“At the endמִקֵּ֥ץmi.KetzH7093of everysevenשֶֽׁבַע־she.va'-H7651yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141you shallgrantתַּעֲשֶׂ֥הta.'a.SehH6213a releaseH8059ofH8059debtsH8059.

2And thisוְזֶה֮ve.ZehH2088is the regulationדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697for the releaseH8059ofH8059debtsH8059:everyכָּל־kol-H3605creditorבַּ֙עַל֙ מַשֵּׁ֣ה יָד֔וֹba.'al ma.Sheh ya.DoH1167 H4874 H3027is to forgiveשָׁמ֗וֹטsha.MotH8058whatאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he has loanedיַשֶּׁ֖הya.ShehH5383to his neighborבְּרֵעֵ֑הוּbe.re.'E.huH7453;he shall not requireיִגֹּ֤שׂyi.GosH5065it of his neighborרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙re.'E.huH7453and his brotherאָחִ֔יו'a.ChivH251,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588the Lord’sלַֽיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068releaseH8059has been proclaimedקָרָ֥אka.Ra'H7121.

3From a foreignerהַנָּכְרִ֖יha.na.khe.RiH5237you may requireתִּגֹּ֑שׂti.GosH5065it,but your handיָדֶֽךָ׃ya.De.khaH3027shallforgiveתַּשְׁמֵ֥טtash.MetH8058whateverוַאֲשֶׁ֨רva.'a.SherH834of yours is with your brotherאָחִ֖יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251.

4Howeverאֶ֕פֶס כִּ֛י'E.fes kiH657 H3588,there will be noלֹ֥אlo'H3808poorאֶבְי֑וֹן'ev.YonH34among you, sinceכִּֽי־ki-H3588the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068will certainlyבָרֵ֤ךְva.RekhH1288blessיְבָֽרֶכְךָ֙ye.va.rekh.KhaH1288you in the landבָּאָ֕רֶץba.'A.retzH776whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430is givingנֹֽתֵן־no.ten-H5414you as an inheritanceנַחֲלָ֖הna.cha.LahH5159to possessלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.TahH3423,

5ifאִם־'im-H518onlyH7534you listenשָׁמ֣וֹעַsha.Mo.a'H8085obedientlyתִּשְׁמַ֔עtish.Ma'H8085to the voiceבְּק֖וֹלbe.KolH6963of the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, tofollowלַעֲשׂוֹת֙la.'a.sOtH6213carefullyלִשְׁמֹ֤רlish.MorH8104allכָּל־kol-H3605thisH2088commandmentהַמִּצְוָ֣הha.mitz.VahH4687whichאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834I am commandingמְצַוְּךָ֖me.tza.ve.KhaH6680you todayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

6For the Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430will have blessedבֵּֽרַכְךָ֔be.rakh.KhaH1288you justH3512asH3512He has promisedדִּבֶּר־di.ber-H1696you, and you will lendוְהַֽעֲבַטְתָּ֞ve.ha.'a.va.TaH5670to manyרַבִּ֗יםra.BimH7227nationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471,but you will not borrowתַעֲבֹ֔טta.'a.VotH5670;and you will ruleוּמָֽשַׁלְתָּ֙u.ma.shal.TaH4910over manyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227nationsבְּגוֹיִ֣םbe.go.YimH1471,but they will not ruleיִמְשֹֽׁלוּ׃ סyim.Sho.luH4910over you.

7“Ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588there isa poorH34personH34among you, oneמֵאַחַ֤דme.'a.ChadH259of your brothersאַחֶ֙יךָ֙'a.Chei.khaH251,in anyבְּאַחַ֣דbe.'a.ChadH259of yourtownsשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָshe.'a.Rei.khaH8179in your landבְּאַ֨רְצְךָ֔be.'Ar.tze.khaH776whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430is givingנֹתֵ֣ןno.TenH5414you,you shall not hardenתְאַמֵּ֣ץte.'a.MetzH553your heartלְבָבְךָ֗le.va.ve.KhaH3824,norH3808closeתִקְפֹּץ֙tik.PotzH7092your handיָ֣דְךָ֔ya.de.khaH3027from your poorH34brotherמֵאָחִ֖יךָme.'a.Chi.khaH251;

8butyou shall fullyפָתֹ֧חַfa.To.achH6605openתִּפְתַּ֛חtif.TachH6605your handיָדְךָ֖ya.de.KhaH3027to him, and generouslyוְהַעֲבֵט֙ve.ha.'a.VetH5670lendתַּעֲבִיטֶ֔נּוּta.'a.vi.Te.nuH5670him enoughדֵּ֚יdeiH1767for his needמַחְסֹר֔וֹmach.so.RoH4270inwhateverאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he lacksיֶחְסַ֖רyech.SarH2637.

9BeH8104carefulH8104thatH6435there is noH6435mean-spiritedבְלִיַּ֜עַלve.li.Ya.'alH1100thoughtדָבָר֩da.VarH1697in your heartלְבָבְךָ֨le.va.ve.KhaH3824,suchH559asH559, ‘The seventhהַשֶּׁבַע֮ha.she.Va'H7651yearשְׁנַֽת־she.nat-H8141,the yearשְׁנַ֣תshe.NatH8141of releaseH8059ofH8059debtsH8059,is nearקָֽרְבָ֣הka.re.VahH7126,’ andyour eyeעֵֽינְךָ֗'ei.ne.KhaH5869isH7489maliciousH7489toward your poorהָֽאֶבְי֔וֹןha.'ev.YonH34brotherבְּאָחִ֙יךָ֙be.'a.Chi.khaH251,and you giveתִתֵּ֖ןti.TenH5414him nothingוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808; then hemay cryH7121outH7121to the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068againstעָלֶ֙יךָ֙'a.Lei.khaH5921you, and it will be a sinחֵֽטְא׃Chet'H2399in you.

10You shall generouslyנָת֤וֹןna.TonH5414giveתִּתֵּן֙ti.TenH5414to him, and your heartלְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.KhaH3824shall not beH7489grudgingH7489when you giveבְּתִתְּךָ֣be.ti.te.KhaH5414to him, becauseכִּ֞י בִּגְלַ֣ל׀ki big.LalH3588 H1558for thisהַזֶּ֗הha.ZehH2088thingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430will blessיְבָרֶכְךָ֙ye.va.rekh.KhaH1288you in allבְּכָֽל־be.kholH3605your workמַעֲשֶׂ֔ךָma.'a.Se.khaH4639,and in allוּבְכֹ֖לu.ve.KholH3605your undertakingsמִשְׁלַ֥ח יָדֶֽךָ׃mish.Lach ya.De.khaH3027 H4916.

11For the poorאֶבְי֖וֹן'ev.YonH34will not ceaseיֶחְדַּ֥לyech.DalH2308to exist in the landהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776;thereforeעַל־ כֵּ֞ן'al- kenH5921 H3651I am commandingמְצַוְּךָ֙me.tza.ve.KhaH6680you, sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, ‘You shall fullyפָּ֠תֹחַPa.to.achH6605openתִּפְתַּ֨חtif.TachH6605your handיָדְךָ֜ya.de.KhaH3027to your brotherלְאָחִ֧יךָle.'a.Chi.khaH251,to your needyלַעֲנִיֶּ֛ךָla.'a.ni.Ye.khaH6041and poorוּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖u.le.'ev.yo.ne.KhaH34in your landבְּאַרְצֶֽךָ׃ סbe.'ar.Tze.khaH776.’

12“Ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588your fellowH251countrymanאָחִ֣יךָ'a.Chi.kKhaH251,a HebrewH5680manH5680orא֚וֹ'oH176womanH5680,is soldיִמָּכֵ֨רyi.ma.KherH4376to you, then he shall serveוַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖va.'a.va.de.KhaH5647you for sixשֵׁ֣שׁsheshH8337yearsשָׁנִ֑יםsha.NimH8141,but in the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔תha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearוּבַשָּׁנָה֙u.va.sha.NahH8141you shall setתְּשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּte.shal.le.Che.nuH7971himfreeחָפְשִׁ֖יcha.fe.ShiH2670.

13And whenוְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588you setH7971himfreeחָפְשִׁ֖יcha.fe.ShiH2670,you shall not sendH7971him awayH7971empty-handedרֵיקָֽם׃rei.KamH7387.

14You shall giveהַעֲנֵ֤יקha.'a.NeikH6059generouslyתַּעֲנִיק֙ta.'a.NikH6059to him from your flockמִצֹּ֣אנְךָ֔mi.Tzo.ne.khaH6629,your threshingH1637floorוּמִֽגָּרְנְךָ֖u.mi.ga.re.ne.KhaH1637,and from your wineH3342vatH3342;you shall giveתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414to him as the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430has blessedבֵּרַכְךָ֛be.rakh.KhaH1288you.

15And you are to rememberוְזָכַרְתָּ֗ve.za.khar.TaH2142that you were a slaveעֶ֤בֶד'E.vedH5650in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,and the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430redeemedוַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֖vai.yif.de.KhaH6299you; thereforeעַל־ כֵּ֞ן'al- kenH5921 H3651I am commandingמְצַוְּךָ֛me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thisהַזֶּ֖הha.ZehH2088of you todayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

16But it shall comeH1961aboutH1961,ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588he saysיֹאמַ֣רyo.MarH559to you, ‘I will not leaveאֵצֵ֖א'e.Tze'H3318you,’ becauseכִּ֤יkiH3588he lovesאֲהֵֽבְךָ֙'a.he.ve.KhaH157you and your householdבֵּיתֶ֔ךָbei.Te.khaH1004,sinceכִּי־ki-H3588he is doing wellט֥וֹבTovH2895with you,

17then you shall takeוְלָקַחְתָּ֣ve.la.kach.TaH3947anawlהַמַּרְצֵ֗עַha.mar.Tze.a'H4836and pierceוְנָתַתָּ֤הve.na.ta.TahH5414it through his earבְאָזְנוֹ֙ve.'a.ze.NoH241into the doorוּבַדֶּ֔לֶתu.va.De.letH1817,and he shall be your servantעֶ֣בֶד'E.vedH5650permanentlyעוֹלָ֑םo.LamH5769.You shall alsoוְאַ֥ףve.'AfH637doתַּעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213the sameכֵּֽן׃KenH3651to your femaleH519slaveH519.

18“It shall not seemH7185difficultH7185for you when you setבְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֙be.sha.le.cha.KhaH7971himfreeחָפְשִׁי֙cha.fe.ShiH2670,becauseכִּ֗יKiH3588he has givenעֲבָֽדְךָ֖'a.va.de.KhaH5647you sixשֵׁ֣שׁsheshH8337yearsשָׁנִ֑יםsha.NimH8141withdoubleמִשְׁנֶה֙mish.NehH4932theserviceשְׂכַ֣רse.KharH7939of a hiredשָׂכִ֔ירsa.KhirH7916workerH7916;so the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430will blessוּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙u.ve.rakh.KhaH1288you in whateverבְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥רbe.Khol 'a.SherH3605 H834you doתַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ פta.'a.SehH6213.

19“You shall consecrateתַּקְדִּ֖ישׁtak.DishH6942to the Lordלַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430allכָּֽל־kal-H3605the firstbornהַבְּכ֡וֹרha.be.KhorH1060malesהַזָּכָ֔רha.za.KharH2145that are bornיִוָּלֵ֨דyi.va.LedH3205in your herdבִּבְקָרְךָ֤biv.ka.re.ChaH1241and in your flockוּבְצֹֽאנְךָ֙u.ve.tzo.ne.KhaH6629;you shall not workתַעֲבֹד֙ta.'a.VodH5647with the firstbornבִּבְכֹ֣רbiv.KhorH1060of your herdשׁוֹרֶ֔ךָsho.Re.khaH7794,norH3808shearתָגֹ֖זta.GozH1494the firstbornבְּכ֥וֹרbe.KhorH1060of your flockצֹאנֶֽךָ׃tzo.Ne.khaH6629.

20You and your householdוּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃u.vei.Te.khaH1004shall eatתֹאכֲלֶ֙נּוּ֙to.kha.Le.nuH398it everyשָׁנָ֣הsha.NahH8141yearבְשָׁנָ֔הve.sha.NahH8141beforeלִפְנֵי֩lif.NeiH6440the Lordיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430in the placeבַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.KomH4725whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068choosesיִבְחַ֣רyiv.CharH977.

21But ifוְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588it hasיִהְיֶ֨הyih.YehH1961any impairmentH4140, such asa limpפִּסֵּ֙חַ֙pi.Se.achH6455,orא֣וֹ'oH176blindnessעִוֵּ֔ר'i.VerH5787, oranyכֹּ֖לkolH3605seriousרָ֑עRa'H7451impairmentH4140,you shall not sacrificeתִזְבָּחֶ֔נּוּtiz.ba.Che.nuH2076it to the Lordלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430.

22You shall eatתֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּto.kha.Le.nuH398it within your gatesבִּשְׁעָרֶ֖יךָbish.'a.Rei.khaH8179;the uncleanהַטָּמֵ֤אha.ta.Me'H2931and the cleanוְהַטָּהוֹר֙ve.ha.ta.hOrH2889alikeH3164may eat it, asa gazelleכַּצְּבִ֖יka.tze.ViH6643or a deerוְכָאַיָּֽל׃ve.kha.'ai.YalH354.

23OnlyH7534you shall not eatתֹאכֵ֑לto.KhelH398its bloodדָּמ֖וֹda.MoH1818;you are to pourתִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּtish.pe.Khe.nuH8210it outH8210on the groundהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776like waterכַּמָּֽיִם׃ פka.Ma.yimH4325.

The Sabbatical Year

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 15