1 At the end * h7093 of every seven * h7651 years * h8141 thou shalt make * h6213 h8799 a release * h8059.
2 And this is the manner * h1697 of the release * h8059: Every creditor * h1167 * h4874 * h3027 that lendeth * h5383 h8686 ought unto his neighbour * h7453 shall release * h8058 h8800 it ; he shall not exact * h5065 h8799 it of his neighbour * h7453, or of his brother * h251; because it is called * h7121 h8804 the LORD'S * h3068 release * h8059. creditor: Heb. master of the lending of his hand
3 Of a foreigner * h5237 thou mayest exact * h5065 h8799 it again : but that which is thine with thy brother * h251 thine hand * h3027 shall release * h8058 h8686;
4 Save * h657 when there shall be no poor * h34 among you; for the LORD * h3068 shall greatly * h1288 h8763 bless * h1288 h8762 thee in the land * h776 which the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430 giveth * h5414 h8802 thee for an inheritance * h5159 to possess * h3423 h8800 it: Save...: or, To the end that there be no poor among you
5 Only if thou carefully * h8085 h8800 hearken * h8085 h8799 unto the voice * h6963 of the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430, to observe * h8104 h8800 to do * h6213 h8800 all these commandments * h4687 which I command * h6680 h8764 thee this day * h3117.
6 For the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430 blesseth * h1288 h8765 thee, as he promised * h1696 h8765 thee: and thou shalt lend * h5670 h8689 unto many * h7227 nations * h1471, but thou shalt not borrow * h5670 h8799; and thou shalt reign * h4910 h8804 over many * h7227 nations * h1471, but they shall not reign * h4910 h8799 over thee.
7 If there be among you a poor man * h34 of one * h259 of thy brethren * h251 within any * h259 of thy gates * h8179 in thy land * h776 which the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430 giveth * h5414 h8802 thee, thou shalt not harden * h553 h8762 thine heart * h3824, nor shut * h7092 h8799 thine hand * h3027 from thy poor * h34 brother * h251:
8 But thou shalt open * h6605 h8799 thine hand * h3027 wide * h6605 h8800 unto him, and shalt surely * h5670 h8687 lend * h5670 h8686 him sufficient * h1767 for his need * h4270, in that which he wanteth * h2637 h8799.
9 Beware * h8104 h8734 that there be not a thought * h1697 in thy wicked * h1100 heart * h3824, saying * h559 h8800, The seventh * h7651 year * h8141, the year * h8141 of release * h8059, is at hand * h7126 h8804; and thine eye * h5869 be evil * h7489 h8804 against thy poor * h34 brother * h251, and thou givest * h5414 h8799 him nought; and he cry * h7121 h8804 unto the LORD * h3068 against thee, and it be sin * h2399 unto thee. thought: Heb. word wicked: Heb. Belial
10 Thou shalt surely * h5414 h8800 give * h5414 h8799 him, and thine heart * h3824 shall not be grieved * h3415 h8799 when thou givest * h5414 h8800 unto him: because * h1558 that for this thing * h1697 the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430 shall bless * h1288 h8762 thee in all thy works * h4639, and in all that thou puttest * h4916 thine hand * h3027 unto.
11 For the poor * h34 shall never cease * h2308 h8799 out of * h7130 the land * h776: therefore I command * h6680 h8764 thee, saying * h559 h8800, Thou shalt open * h6605 h8799 thine hand * h3027 wide * h6605 h8800 unto thy brother * h251, to thy poor * h6041, and to thy needy * h34, in thy land * h776.
12 And if thy brother * h251, an Hebrew man * h5680, or an Hebrew woman * h5680, be sold * h4376 h8735 unto thee, and serve * h5647 h8804 thee six * h8337 years * h8141; then in the seventh * h7637 year * h8141 thou shalt let him go * h7971 h8762 free * h2670 from thee.
13 And when thou sendest * h7971 h8762 him out free * h2670 from thee, thou shalt not let him go away * h7971 h8762 empty * h7387:
14 Thou shalt furnish * h6059 h8686 him liberally * h6059 h8687 out of thy flock * h6629, and out of thy floor * h1637, and out of thy winepress * h3342: of that wherewith the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430 hath blessed * h1288 h8765 thee thou shalt give * h5414 h8799 unto him.
15 And thou shalt remember * h2142 h8804 that thou wast a bondman * h5650 in the land * h776 of Egypt * h4714, and the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430 redeemed * h6299 h8799 thee: therefore I command * h6680 h8764 thee this thing * h1697 to day * h3117.
16 And it shall be, if he say * h559 h8799 unto thee, I will not go away * h3318 h8799 from thee; because he loveth * h157 h8804 thee and thine house * h1004, because he is well * h2895 h8804 with thee;
17 Then thou shalt take * h3947 h8804 an aul * h4836, and thrust * h5414 h8804 it through his ear * h241 unto the door * h1817, and he shall be thy servant * h5650 for ever * h5769. And also unto thy maidservant * h519 thou shalt do * h6213 h8799 likewise.
18 It shall not seem hard * h7185 h8799 unto thee * h5869, when thou sendest him away * h7971 h8763 free * h2670 from thee; for he hath been worth * h7939 a double * h4932 hired servant * h7916 to thee , in serving * h5647 h8804 thee six * h8337 years * h8141: and the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430 shall bless * h1288 h8765 thee in all that thou doest * h6213 h8799.
19 All the firstling * h1060 males * h2145 that come * h3205 h8735 of thy herd * h1241 and of thy flock * h6629 thou shalt sanctify * h6942 h8686 unto the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430: thou shalt do no work * h5647 h8799 with the firstling * h1060 of thy bullock * h7794, nor shear * h1494 h8799 the firstling * h1060 of thy sheep * h6629.
20 Thou shalt eat * h398 h8799 it before * h6440 the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430 year * h8141 by year * h8141 in the place * h4725 which the LORD * h3068 shall choose * h977 h8799, thou and thy household * h1004.
21 And if there be any blemish * h3971 therein, as if it be lame * h6455, or blind * h5787, or have any ill * h7451 blemish * h3971, thou shalt not sacrifice * h2076 h8799 it unto the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430.
22 Thou shalt eat * h398 h8799 it within thy gates * h8179: the unclean * h2931 and the clean * h2889 person shall eat it alike * h3162, as the roebuck * h6643, and as the hart * h354.
23 Only thou shalt not eat * h398 h8799 the blood * h1818 thereof; thou shalt pour * h8210 h8799 it upon the ground * h776 as water * h4325.