Deuteronomy 15
King James Version with Strongs Numbers - Deuteronomy 15 << | >> 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334 15:1 At the end7093 of {every} seven7651 years8141 thou shalt make6213 a release8059. 15:2 And this {is} the manner1697 of the release8059: Every creditor1167-4874-3027 that lendeth5383 {ought} unto his neighbour7453 shall release8058 {it}; he shall not exact5065 {it} of his neighbour7453, or of his brother0251; because it is called7121 the LORD'S3068 release8059. 15:3 Of a foreigner5237 thou mayest exact5065 {it again}: but {that} which is thine with thy brother0251 thine hand3027 shall release8058; 15:4 Save0657 when there shall be no poor0034 among you; for the LORD3068 shall greatly1288 bless1288 thee in the land0776 which the LORD3068 thy God0430 giveth5414 thee {for} an inheritance5159 to possess3423 it: 15:5 Only if thou carefully8085 hearken8085 unto the voice6963 of the LORD3068 thy God0430, to observe8104 to do6213 all these commandments4687 which I command6680 thee this day3117. 15:6 For the LORD3068 thy God0430 blesseth1288 thee, as he promised1696 thee: and thou shalt lend5670 unto many7227 nations1471, but thou shalt not borrow5670; and thou shalt reign4910 over many7227 nations1471, but they shall not reign4910 over thee. 15:7 If there be among you a poor man0034 of one0259 of thy brethren0251 within any0259 of thy gates8179 in thy land0776 which the LORD3068 thy God0430 giveth5414 thee, thou shalt not harden0553 thine heart3824, nor shut7092 thine hand3027 from thy poor0034 brother0251: 15:8 But thou shalt open6605 thine hand3027 wide6605 unto him, and shalt surely5670 lend5670 him sufficient1767 for his need4270, {in that} which he wanteth2637. 15:9 Beware8104 that there be not a thought1697 in thy wicked1100 heart3824, saying0559, The seventh7651 year8141, the year8141 of release8059, is at hand7126; and thine eye5869 be evil7489 against thy poor0034 brother0251, and thou givest5414 him nought; and he cry7121 unto the LORD3068 against thee, and it be sin2399 unto thee. 15:10 Thou shalt surely5414 give5414 him, and thine heart3824 shall not be grieved3415 when thou givest5414 unto him: because1558 that for this thing1697 the LORD3068 thy God0430 shall bless1288 thee in all thy works4639, and in all that thou puttest4916 thine hand3027 unto. 15:11 For the poor0034 shall never cease2308 out of7130 the land0776: therefore I command6680 thee, saying0559, Thou shalt open6605 thine hand3027 wide6605 unto thy brother0251, to thy poor6041, and to thy needy0034, in thy land0776. 15:12 {And} if thy brother0251, an Hebrew man5680, or an Hebrew woman5680, be sold4376 unto thee, and serve5647 thee six8337 years8141; then in the seventh7637 year8141 thou shalt let him go7971 free2670 from thee. 15:13 And when thou sendest7971 him out free2670 from thee, thou shalt not let him go away7971 empty7387: 15:14 Thou shalt furnish6059 him liberally6059 out of thy flock6629, and out of thy floor1637, and out of thy winepress3342: {of that} wherewith the LORD3068 thy God0430 hath blessed1288 thee thou shalt give5414 unto him. 15:15 And thou shalt remember2142 that thou wast a bondman5650 in the land0776 of Egypt4714, and the LORD3068 thy God0430 redeemed6299 thee: therefore I command6680 thee this thing1697 to day3117. 15:16 And it shall be, if he say0559 unto thee, I will not go away3318 from thee; because he loveth0157 thee and thine house1004, because he is well2895 with thee; 15:17 Then thou shalt take3947 an aul4836, and thrust5414 {it} through his ear0241 unto the door1817, and he shall be thy servant5650 for ever5769. And also unto thy maidservant0519 thou shalt do6213 likewise. 15:18 It shall not seem hard7185 unto thee5869, when thou sendest him away7971 free2670 from thee; for he hath been worth7939 a double4932 hired servant7916 {to thee}, in serving5647 thee six8337 years8141: and the LORD3068 thy God0430 shall bless1288 thee in all that thou doest6213. 15:19 All the firstling1060 males2145 that come3205 of thy herd1241 and of thy flock6629 thou shalt sanctify6942 unto the LORD3068 thy God0430: thou shalt do no work5647 with the firstling1060 of thy bullock7794, nor shear1494 the firstling1060 of thy sheep6629. 15:20 Thou shalt eat0398 {it} before6440 the LORD3068 thy God0430 year8141 by year8141 in the place4725 which the LORD3068 shall choose0977, thou and thy household1004. 15:21 And if there be {any} blemish3971 therein, {as if it be} lame6455, or blind5787, {or have} any ill7451 blemish3971, thou shalt not sacrifice2076 it unto the LORD3068 thy God0430. 15:22 Thou shalt eat0398 it within thy gates8179: the unclean2931 and the clean2889 {person shall eat it} alike3162, as the roebuck6643, and as the hart0354. 15:23 Only thou shalt not eat0398 the blood1818 thereof; thou shalt pour8210 it upon the ground0776 as water4325.