Deuteronomy 15

1At the endH7093 of everyH8141 sevenH7651 yearsH8141 thou shalt makeH6213 a release. 2And this is the mannerH1697 of the releaseH8058: everyH3605 creditorH5383 shall releaseH8058 that whichH834 he hath lentH5383 unto his neighbour; he shall notH3808 exactH5065 it of his neighbour and his brotherH251; becauseH3588 the LORD’SH3068 releaseH8058 hath been proclaimedH7121. 3Of a foreignerH5237 thou mayest exactH5065 it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brotherH251 thine handH3027 shall releaseH8058. 4Howbeit there shall be noH3808 poorH34 with thee; (for the LORDH3068 will surelyH3588 blessH1288 thee in the landH776 whichH834 the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 giveth thee for an inheritanceH5159 to possessH3423 it;) 5ifH518 onlyH7535 thou diligentlyH8104 hearken unto the voiceH6963 of the LORDH3068 thy GodH430, to observeH8104 to doH6213 allH3605 this commandmentH4687 whichH834 I commandH6680 thee this dayH3117. 6For the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 will blessH1288 thee, as he promisedH1696 thee: and thou shalt lendH5670 unto manyH7227 nationsH1471, but thou shalt notH3808 borrowH5670; and thou shalt ruleH4910 over manyH7227 nationsH1471, but they shall notH3808 ruleH4910 over thee. 7IfH3588 there be with thee a poorH34 manH259, one of thy brethrenH251, within anyH259 of thy gatesH8179 in thy landH776 whichH834 the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 giveth thee, thou shalt notH3808 hardenH553 thine heartH3824, norH3808 shutH7092 thine handH3027 from thy poorH34 brotherH251: 8but thou shalt surelyH3588 openH6605 thine handH3027 unto him, and shalt surelyH3588 lendH5670 him sufficientH1767 for his needH4270 in that whichH834 he wanteth. 9BewareH8104 that there be notH3808 a baseH1100 thoughtH559 in thine heartH3824, sayingH559, The seventhH7651 yearH8141, the yearH8141 of release, is at handH5414; and thine eyeH5869 be evilH1100 againstH5921 thy poorH34 brotherH251, and thou giveH5414 him nought; and he cryH7121 unto the LORDH3068 againstH5921 thee, and it be sinH2399 unto thee. 10Thou shalt surelyH3588 giveH5414 him, and thine heartH3824 shall notH3808 be grieved when thou givest unto him: becauseH3588 that for this thingH1697 the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 shall blessH1288 thee in allH3605 thy workH4639, and in allH3605 that thou puttest thine handH3027 unto. 11For the poorH6041 shall neverH3808 ceaseH2308 outH5921 of the landH776: therefore I commandH6680 thee, sayingH559, Thou shalt surelyH3588 openH6605 thine handH3027 unto thy brotherH251, to thy needyH34, and to thy poorH6041, in thy landH776. 12IfH3588 thy brotherH251, an HebrewH5680 manH2670, or an HebrewH5680 womanH5680, be soldH4376 unto thee, and serveH5647 thee sixH8337 yearsH8141; then in the seventhH7637 yearH8141 thou shalt letH7971 him goH7971 freeH2670 from thee. 13And when thou lettest him goH7971 freeH2670 from thee, thou shalt notH3808 letH7971 him goH7971 emptyH7387: 14thou shalt furnishH6059 him liberallyH6059 out of thy flockH6629, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepressH3342: as the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 hath blessedH1288 thee thou shalt giveH5414 unto him. 15And thou shalt rememberH2142 that thou wast a bondman in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, and the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 redeemedH6299 thee: therefore I commandH6680 thee this thingH1697 todayH3117. 16And it shall be, ifH3588 he sayH559 unto thee, I will notH3808 goH3318 outH3318 from thee; becauseH3588 he loveth thee and thine houseH1004, becauseH3588 he is wellH2895 with thee; 17then thou shalt takeH3947 an awlH4836, and thrust it throughH3651 his earH241 unto the doorH1817, and he shall be thy servantH5650 for everH5769. And also unto thy maidservantH519 thou shalt doH6213 likewise. 18It shall notH3808 seemH7185 hardH7185 unto thee, when thou lettest him goH7971 freeH2670 from thee; for to the doubleH4932 of the hireH7939 of an hireling hath he servedH5647 thee sixH8337 yearsH8141: and the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 shall blessH1288 thee in allH3605 that thou doest. 19AllH3605 the firstling malesH2145 that are bornH3205 of thy herdH1241 and of thy flockH6629 thou shalt sanctifyH6942 unto the LORDH3068 thy GodH430: thou shalt doH5647 noH3808 workH5647 with the firstling of thine oxH7794, norH3808 shearH1494 the firstling of thy flockH6629. 20Thou shalt eatH398 it beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 yearH8141 by yearH8141 in the placeH4725 whichH834 the LORDH3068 shall chooseH977, thou and thy householdH1004. 21And ifH3588 it have anyH3605 blemishH3971, as ifH3588 it be lameH6455 or blindH5787, anyH3605 ill blemishH3971 whatsoeverH3605, thou shalt notH3808 sacrificeH2076 it unto the LORDH3068 thy GodH430. 22Thou shalt eatH398 it within thy gatesH8179: the uncleanH2931 and the cleanH2889 shall eatH398 it alikeH3162, as the gazelle, and as the hart. 23OnlyH7535 thou shalt notH3808 eatH398 the bloodH1818 thereof; thou shalt pourH8210 it outH8210 uponH5921 the groundH776 as waterH4325.