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Chapter 15
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At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. |
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And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor
that lendeth ought unto his neighbor shall release it;
he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother;
because it is called the LORD's release. |
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Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that
which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; |
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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: |
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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. |
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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. |
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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: |
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But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt
surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which
he wanteth. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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Sermon vs 12-18 (The Opening of the Ear) - |
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And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou
shalt not let him go away empty: |
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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. |
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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. |
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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; |
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Then thou shalt take an awl, 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year
in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy
household. |
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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. |
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Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and
the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck,
and as the hart. |
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Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt
pour it upon the ground as water. |
