Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 15:12-18

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.

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