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Deuteronomy 15:1-21

15:1

At the end
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of [every] seven
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years
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thou shalt make
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a release
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15:2

And this [is] the manner
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of the release
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Every creditor
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that lendeth
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[ought] unto his neighbour
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shall release
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[it]; he shall not exact
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[it] of his neighbour
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or of his brother
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because it is called
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the LORD'S
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release
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{creditor: Heb. master of the lending of his hand}

15:3

Of a foreigner
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thou mayest exact
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[it again]: but [that] which is thine with thy brother
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thine hand
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shall release
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15:4

Save
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when there shall be no poor
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among you; for the LORD
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shall greatly
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bless
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thee in the land
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which the LORD
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thy God
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giveth
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thee [for] an inheritance
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to possess
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it: {Save...: or, To the end that there be no poor among you}

15:5

Only if thou carefully
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hearken
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unto the voice
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of the LORD
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thy God
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to observe
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to do
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all these commandments
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which I command
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thee this day
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15:6

For the LORD
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thy God
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blesseth
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thee, as he promised
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thee: and thou shalt lend
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unto many
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nations
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but thou shalt not borrow
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and thou shalt reign
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over many
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nations
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but they shall not reign
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over thee.

15:7

If there be among you a poor man
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of one
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of thy brethren
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within any
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of thy gates
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in thy land
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which the LORD
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thy God
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giveth
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thee, thou shalt not harden
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thine heart
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nor shut
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thine hand
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from thy poor
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brother
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15:8

But thou shalt open
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thine hand
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wide
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unto him, and shalt surely
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lend
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him sufficient
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for his need
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[in that] which he wanteth
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15:9

Beware
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that there be not a thought
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in thy wicked
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heart
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saying
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The seventh
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year
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the year
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of release
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is at hand
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and thine eye
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be evil
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against thy poor
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brother
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and thou givest
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him nought; and he cry
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unto the LORD
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against thee, and it be sin
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unto thee. {thought: Heb. word} {wicked: Heb. Belial}

15:10

Thou shalt surely
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give
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him, and thine heart
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shall not be grieved
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when thou givest
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unto him: because
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that for this thing
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the LORD
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thy God
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shall bless
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thee in all thy works
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and in all that thou puttest
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thine hand
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unto.

15:11

For the poor
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shall never cease
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out of
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the land
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therefore I command
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thee, saying
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Thou shalt open
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thine hand
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wide
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unto thy brother
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to thy poor
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and to thy needy
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in thy land
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15:12

[And] if thy brother
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an Hebrew man
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or an Hebrew woman
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be sold
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unto thee, and serve
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thee six
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years
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then in the seventh
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year
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thou shalt let him go
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free
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from thee.

15:13

And when thou sendest
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him out free
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from thee, thou shalt not let him go away
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empty
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15:14

Thou shalt furnish
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him liberally
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out of thy flock
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and out of thy floor
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and out of thy winepress
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[of that] wherewith the LORD
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thy God
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hath blessed
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thee thou shalt give
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unto him.

15:15

And thou shalt remember
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that thou wast a bondman
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in the land
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of Egypt
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and the LORD
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thy God
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redeemed
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thee: therefore I command
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thee this thing
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to day
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15:16

And it shall be, if he say
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unto thee, I will not go away
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from thee; because he loveth
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thee and thine house
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because he is well
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with thee;

15:17

Then thou shalt take
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an aul
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and thrust
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[it] through his ear
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unto the door
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and he shall be thy servant
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for ever
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And also unto thy maidservant
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thou shalt do
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likewise.

15:18

It shall not seem hard
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unto thee
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when thou sendest him away
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free
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from thee; for he hath been worth
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a double
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hired servant
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[to thee], in serving
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thee six
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years
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and the LORD
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thy God
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shall bless
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thee in all that thou doest
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15:19

All the firstling
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males
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that come
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of thy herd
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and of thy flock
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thou shalt sanctify
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unto the LORD
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thy God
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thou shalt do no work
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with the firstling
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of thy bullock
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nor shear
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the firstling
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of thy sheep
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15:20

Thou shalt eat
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[it] before
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the LORD
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thy God
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year
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by year
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in the place
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which the LORD
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shall choose
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thou and thy household
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15:21

And if there be [any] blemish
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therein, [as if it be] lame
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or blind
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[or have] any ill
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blemish
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thou shalt not sacrifice
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it unto the LORD
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thy God
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