Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 15

1At theendמִקֵּ֥ץmi.KetzH7093ofeveryH8141sevenשֶֽׁבַע־she.va'-H7651yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141thou shaltmakeתַּעֲשֶׂ֥הta.'a.SehH6213a release.

2And this is themannerדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697of thereleaseH8058:everyכָּל־kol-H3605creditorH5383shallreleaseH8058thatwhichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he hathlentH5383unto his neighbour; he shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808exactיִגֹּ֤שׂyi.GosH5065it of his neighbour and hisbrotherאָחִ֔יו'a.ChivH251;becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588theLORD’Sלַֽיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068releaseH8058hath beenproclaimedקָרָ֥אka.Ra'H7121.

3Of aforeignerהַנָּכְרִ֖יha.na.khe.RiH5237thou mayestexactתִּגֹּ֑שׂti.GosH5065it: but whatsoever of thine is with thybrotherאָחִ֖יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251thinehandיָדֶֽךָ׃ya.De.khaH3027shallreleaseתַּשְׁמֵ֥טtash.MetH8058.

4Howbeit there shall benoלֹ֥אlo'H3808poorאֶבְי֑וֹן'ev.YonH34with thee; (for theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068willsurelyH3588blessH1288thee in thelandבָּאָ֕רֶץba.'A.retzH776whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee for aninheritanceנַחֲלָ֖הna.cha.LahH5159topossessלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.TahH3423it;)

5ifאִם־'im-H518onlyרַ֚קrakH7535thoudiligentlyH8104hearken unto thevoiceבְּק֖וֹלbe.KolH6963of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, toobserveH8104todoלַעֲשׂוֹת֙la.'a.sOtH6213allכָּל־kol-H3605thiscommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֣הha.mitz.VahH4687whichאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֖me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee thisdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

6For theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willblessבֵּֽרַכְךָ֔be.rakh.KhaH1288thee, as hepromisedדִּבֶּר־di.ber-H1696thee: and thou shaltlendוְהַֽעֲבַטְתָּ֞ve.ha.'a.va.TaH5670untomanyרַבִּ֗יםra.BimH7227nationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471, but thou shaltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808borrowתַעֲבֹ֔טta.'a.VotH5670; and thou shaltruleוּמָֽשַׁלְתָּ֙u.ma.shal.TaH4910overmanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227nationsבְּגוֹיִ֣םbe.go.YimH1471, but they shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808ruleיִמְשֹֽׁלוּ׃ סyim.Sho.luH4910over thee.

7Ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588there be with thee apoorאֶבְי֜וֹן'ev.YonH34manמֵאַחַ֤דme.'a.ChadH259, one of thybrethrenאַחֶ֙יךָ֙'a.Chei.khaH251, withinanyבְּאַחַ֣דbe.'a.ChadH259of thygatesשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָshe.'a.Rei.khaH8179in thylandבְּאַ֨רְצְךָ֔be.'Ar.tze.khaH776whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee, thou shaltnotלֹ֧אlo'H3808hardenתְאַמֵּ֣ץte.'a.MetzH553thineheartלְבָבְךָ֗le.va.ve.KhaH3824,norוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808shutתִקְפֹּץ֙tik.PotzH7092thinehandיָ֣דְךָ֔ya.de.khaH3027from thypoorהָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ha.'ev.YonH34brotherמֵאָחִ֖יךָme.'a.Chi.khaH251:

8but thou shaltsurelyH3588openH6605thinehandיָדְךָ֖ya.de.KhaH3027unto him, and shaltsurelyH3588lendH5670himsufficientדֵּ֚יdeiH1767for hisneedמַחְסֹר֔וֹmach.so.RoH4270in thatwhichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he wanteth.

9Bewareהִשָּׁ֣מֶרhi.Sha.merH8104that there benotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808abaseH1100thoughtH559in thineheartלְבָבְךָ֨le.va.ve.KhaH3824,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, Theseventhהַשֶּׁבַע֮ha.she.Va'H7651yearשְׁנַֽת־she.nat-H8141, theyearשְׁנַ֣תshe.NatH8141of release, is athandH5414; and thineeyeעֵֽינְךָ֗'ei.ne.KhaH5869beevilH1100againstH5921thypoorהָֽאֶבְי֔וֹןha.'ev.YonH34brotherבְּאָחִ֙יךָ֙be.'a.Chi.khaH251, and thougiveתִתֵּ֖ןti.TenH5414him nought; and hecryוְקָרָ֤אve.ka.Ra'H7121unto theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068againstH5921thee, and it besinחֵֽטְא׃Chet'H2399unto thee.

10Thou shaltsurelyH3588giveH5414him, and thineheartלְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.KhaH3824shallnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808be grieved when thou givest unto him:becauseH3588that for thisthingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallblessיְבָרֶכְךָ֙ye.va.rekh.KhaH1288thee inallבְּכָֽל־be.kholH3605thyworkמַעֲשֶׂ֔ךָma.'a.Se.khaH4639, and inallוּבְכֹ֖לu.ve.KholH3605that thou puttest thinehandיָדֶֽךָ׃ya.De.khaH3027unto.

11For thepoorלַעֲנִיֶּ֛ךָla.'a.ni.Ye.khaH6041shallneverלֹא־lo'-H3808ceaseיֶחְדַּ֥לyech.DalH2308outעַל־'al-H5921of thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: therefore Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֙me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Thou shaltsurelyכִּ֛יkiH3588openH6605thinehandיָדְךָ֜ya.de.KhaH3027unto thybrotherלְאָחִ֧יךָle.'a.Chi.khaH251, to thyneedyH34, and to thypoorH6041, in thylandבְּאַרְצֶֽךָ׃ סbe.'ar.Tze.khaH776.

12Ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588thybrotherאָחִ֣יךָ'a.Chi.kKhaH251, anHebrewהָֽעִבְרִ֗יha.'iv.RiH5680manH2670, or anHebrewהָֽעִבְרִיָּ֔הha.'iv.ri.YahH5680womanH5680, besoldיִמָּכֵ֨רyi.ma.KherH4376unto thee, andserveוַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖va.'a.va.de.KhaH5647theesixשֵׁ֣שׁsheshH8337yearsשָׁנִ֑יםsha.NimH8141; then in theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔תha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearוּבַשָּׁנָה֙u.va.sha.NahH8141thou shaltletH7971himgoתְּשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּte.shal.le.Che.nuH7971freeחָפְשִׁ֖יcha.fe.ShiH2670from thee.

13And when thou lettest himgoתְשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּte.shal.le.Che.nuH7971freeחָפְשִׁ֖יcha.fe.ShiH2670from thee, thou shaltnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808letH7971himgoתְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּte.shal.le.Che.nuH7971emptyרֵיקָֽם׃rei.KamH7387:

14thou shaltfurnishהַעֲנֵ֤יקha.'a.NeikH6059himliberallyתַּעֲנִיק֙ta.'a.NikH6059out of thyflockמִצֹּ֣אנְךָ֔mi.Tzo.ne.khaH6629, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thywinepressוּמִיִּקְבֶ֑ךָu.mi.yik.Ve.chaH3342: as theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathblessedבֵּרַכְךָ֛be.rakh.KhaH1288thee thou shaltgiveתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414unto him.

15And thou shaltrememberוְזָכַרְתָּ֗ve.za.khar.TaH2142that thou wast a bondman in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, and theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430redeemedוַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֖vai.yif.de.KhaH6299thee: therefore Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֛me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee thisthingהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697todayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

16And it shall be,ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588hesayיֹאמַ֣רyo.MarH559unto thee, I willnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808goאֵצֵ֖א'e.Tze'H3318outH3318from thee;becauseכִּ֤יkiH3588he loveth thee and thinehouseבֵּיתֶ֔ךָbei.Te.khaH1004,becauseכִּי־ki-H3588he iswellט֥וֹבTovH2895with thee;

17then thou shalttakeוְלָקַחְתָּ֣ve.la.kach.TaH3947anawlהַמַּרְצֵ֗עַha.mar.Tze.a'H4836, and thrust itthroughכֵּֽן׃KenH3651hisearבְאָזְנוֹ֙ve.'a.ze.NoH241unto thedoorוּבַדֶּ֔לֶתu.va.De.letH1817, and he shall be thyservantעֶ֣בֶד'E.vedH5650foreverעוֹלָ֑םo.LamH5769. And also unto thymaidservantלַאֲמָתְךָ֖la.'a.ma.te.KhaH519thou shaltdoתַּעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213likewise.

18It shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808seemH7185hardיִקְשֶׁ֣הyik.ShehH7185unto thee, when thou lettest himgoבְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֙be.sha.le.cha.KhaH7971freeחָפְשִׁי֙cha.fe.ShiH2670from thee; for to thedoubleמִשְׁנֶה֙mish.NehH4932of thehireשְׂכַ֣רse.KharH7939of an hireling hath heservedעֲבָֽדְךָ֖'a.va.de.KhaH5647theesixשֵׁ֣שׁsheshH8337yearsשָׁנִ֑יםsha.NimH8141: and theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallblessוּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙u.ve.rakh.KhaH1288thee inallבְּכֹ֖לbe.KholH3605that thou doest.

19Allכָּֽל־kal-H3605the firstlingmalesהַזָּכָ֔רha.za.KharH2145that arebornיִוָּלֵ֨דyi.va.LedH3205of thyherdבִּבְקָרְךָ֤biv.ka.re.ChaH1241and of thyflockוּבְצֹֽאנְךָ֙u.ve.tzo.ne.KhaH6629thou shaltsanctifyתַּקְדִּ֖ישׁtak.DishH6942unto theLORDלַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430: thou shaltdoH5647noלֹ֤אlo'H3808workH5647with the firstling of thineoxשׁוֹרֶ֔ךָsho.Re.khaH7794,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808shearתָגֹ֖זta.GozH1494the firstling of thyflockצֹאנֶֽךָ׃tzo.Ne.khaH6629.

20Thou shalteatתֹאכֲלֶ֙נּוּ֙to.kha.Le.nuH398itbeforeלִפְנֵי֩lif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430yearשָׁנָ֣הsha.NahH8141byyearבְשָׁנָ֔הve.sha.NahH8141in theplaceבַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.KomH4725whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068shallchooseיִבְחַ֣רyiv.CharH977, thou and thyhouseholdוּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃u.vei.Te.khaH1004.

21AndifH3588it haveanyH3605blemishמ֗וּםMumH3971, asifH3588it belameפִּסֵּ֙חַ֙pi.Se.achH6455orblindעִוֵּ֔ר'i.VerH5787,anyH3605illblemishמ֣וּםmumH3971whatsoeverH3605, thou shaltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808sacrificeתִזְבָּחֶ֔נּוּtiz.ba.Che.nuH2076it unto theLORDלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430.

22Thou shalteatתֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּto.kha.Le.nuH398it within thygatesבִּשְׁעָרֶ֖יךָbish.'a.Rei.khaH8179: theuncleanהַטָּמֵ֤אha.ta.Me'H2931and thecleanוְהַטָּהוֹר֙ve.ha.ta.hOrH2889shalleatH398italikeיַחְדָּ֔וyach.DavH3162, as the gazelle, and as the hart.

23Onlyרַ֥קrakH7535thou shaltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808eatתֹאכֵ֑לto.KhelH398thebloodדָּמ֖וֹda.MoH1818thereof; thou shaltpourתִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּtish.pe.Khe.nuH8210itoutH8210uponעַל־'al-H5921thegroundהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776aswaterכַּמָּֽיִם׃ פka.Ma.yimH4325.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 15

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