At the end of every seven
years
thou shalt make
a release
.
And this is the manner of the release
: Every creditor
that lendeth
ought unto his neighbour
shall release
it ; he shall not exact
it of his neighbour
, or of his brother
; because it is called
the LORD'S
release
.
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact
it again : but that which is thine with thy brother
thine hand
shall release
;
Save when there shall be no poor
among you; for the LORD
shall greatly
bless
thee in the land
which the LORD
thy God
giveth
thee for an inheritance
to possess
it:
Only if thou carefully hearken
unto the voice
of the LORD
thy God
, to observe
to do
all these commandments
which I command
thee this day
.
For the LORD thy God
blesseth
thee, as he promised
thee: and thou shalt lend
unto many
nations
, but thou shalt not borrow
; and thou shalt reign
over many
nations
, but they shall not reign
over thee.
If there be among you a poor man of one
of thy brethren
within any
of thy gates
in thy land
which the LORD
thy God
giveth
thee, thou shalt not harden
thine heart
, nor shut
thine hand
from thy poor
brother
:
But thou shalt open thine hand
wide
unto him, and shalt surely
lend
him sufficient
for his need
, in that which he wanteth
.
Beware that there be not a thought
in thy wicked
heart
, saying
, The seventh
year
, the year
of release
, is at hand
; and thine eye
be evil
against thy poor
brother
, and thou givest
him nought; and he cry
unto the LORD
against thee, and it be sin
unto thee.
Thou shalt surely give
him, and thine heart
shall not be grieved
when thou givest
unto him: because
that for this thing
the LORD
thy God
shall bless
thee in all thy works
, and in all that thou puttest
thine hand
unto.
For the poor shall never cease
out of
the land
: therefore I command
thee, saying
, Thou shalt open
thine hand
wide
unto thy brother
, to thy poor
, and to thy needy
, in thy land
.
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man
, or an Hebrew woman
, be sold
unto thee, and serve
thee six
years
; then in the seventh
year
thou shalt let him go
free
from thee.
And when thou sendest him out free
from thee, thou shalt not let him go away
empty
:
Thou shalt furnish him liberally
out of thy flock
, and out of thy floor
, and out of thy winepress
: of that wherewith the LORD
thy God
hath blessed
thee thou shalt give
unto him.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman
in the land
of Egypt
, and the LORD
thy God
redeemed
thee: therefore I command
thee this thing
to day
.
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away
from thee; because he loveth
thee and thine house
, because he is well
with thee;
Then thou shalt take an aul
, and thrust
it through his ear
unto the door
, and he shall be thy servant
for ever
. And also unto thy maidservant
thou shalt do
likewise.
It shall not seem hard unto thee
, when thou sendest him away
free
from thee; for he hath been worth
a double
hired servant
to thee , in serving
thee six
years
: and the LORD
thy God
shall bless
thee in all that thou doest
.
All the firstling males
that come
of thy herd
and of thy flock
thou shalt sanctify
unto the LORD
thy God
: thou shalt do no work
with the firstling
of thy bullock
, nor shear
the firstling
of thy sheep
.
Thou shalt eat it before
the LORD
thy God
year
by year
in the place
which the LORD
shall choose
, thou and thy household
.
And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame
, or blind
, or have any ill
blemish
, thou shalt not sacrifice
it unto the LORD
thy God
.
Thou shalt eat it within thy gates
: the unclean
and the clean
person shall eat it alike
, as the roebuck
, and as the hart
.
Only thou shalt not eat the blood
thereof; thou shalt pour
it upon the ground
as water
.