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At the end[H7093] of every seven[H7651]years[H8141] thou shalt make[H6213] a release[H8059].
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And this is the manner[H1697] of the release[H8059]: Every creditor[H1167] that lendeth[H5383] ought unto his neighbour[H7453] shall release[H8058] it; he shall not exact[H5065] it of his neighbour[H7453], or of his brother[H251]; because it is called[H7121] the LORD'S release[H8058].
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Of a foreigner[H5237] thou mayest exact[H5065] it again: but that which is thine with thy brother[H251] thine hand[H3027] shall release[H8058];
4Save[H657] when there shall be no poor[H34] among you; for the LORD[H3068] shall greatly[H1288]bless[H1288] thee in the land[H776] which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]giveth[H5414] thee for an inheritance[H5159] to possess[H3423] it:
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Only if thou carefully[H8085]hearken[H8085] unto the voice[H6963] of the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], to observe[H8104] to do[H6213] all these commandments[H4687] which I command[H6680] thee this day[H3117].
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For the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]blesseth[H1288] thee, as he promised[H1696] thee: and thou shalt lend[H5670] unto many[H7227]nations[H1471], but thou shalt not borrow[H5670]; and thou shalt reign[H4910] over many[H7227]nations[H1471], but they shall not reign[H4910] over thee.
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If there be among you a poor[H34]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] thee, thou shalt not harden[H553] thine heart[H3824], nor shut[H7092] thine hand[H3027] from thy poor[H34]brother[H251]:
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But thou shalt open[H6605] thine hand[H3027]wide[H6605] unto him, and shalt surely[H5670]lend[H5670] him sufficient[H1767] for his need[H4270], in that which he wanteth[H2637].
9Beware[H8104] that there be not a thought[H1697] in thy wicked[H1100]heart[H3824], saying[H559], The seventh[H7651]year[H8141], the year[H8141] of release[H8059], is at hand[H7126]; and thine eye[H5869] be evil[H7489] against thy poor[H34]brother[H251], and thou givest[H5414] him nought; and he cry[H7121] unto the LORD[H3068] against thee, and it be sin[H2399] unto thee.
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Thou shalt surely[H5414]give[H5414] him, and thine heart[H3824] shall not be grieved[H3415] when thou givest[H5414] unto him: because[H1558] that for this thing[H1697] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] shall bless[H1288] thee in all thy works[H4639], and in all that thou puttest[H4916] thine hand[H3027] unto.
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For the poor[H34] shall never cease[H2308] out of[H7130] the land[H776]: therefore I command[H6680] thee, saying[H559], Thou shalt open[H6605] thine hand[H3027]wide[H6605] unto thy brother[H251], to thy poor[H6041], and to thy needy[H34], in thy land[H776].
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And if thy brother[H251], an Hebrew man[H5680], or an Hebrew woman[H5680], be sold[H4376] unto thee, and serve[H5647] thee six[H8337]years[H8141]; then in the seventh[H7637]year[H8141] thou shalt let him go[H7971]free[H2670] from thee.
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And when thou sendest[H7971] him out free[H2670] from thee, thou shalt not let him go away[H7971]empty[H7387]:
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Thou shalt furnish[H6059] him liberally[H6059] 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] thee thou shalt give[H5414] unto him.
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And thou shalt remember[H2142] that thou wast a bondman[H5650] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], and the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]redeemed[H6299] thee: therefore I command[H6680] thee this thing[H1697] to day[H3117].
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And it shall be, if he say[H559] unto thee, I will not go away[H3318] from thee; because he loveth[H157] thee and thine house[H1004], because he is well[H2895] with thee;
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Then thou shalt take[H3947] an aul[H4836], and thrust[H5414] 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] likewise.
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It shall not seem hard[H7185] unto thee[H5869], when thou sendest him away[H7971]free[H2670] from thee[H5869]; for he hath been worth[H7939] a double[H4932] hired servant[H7916] to thee[H5869], in serving[H5647]thee[H5869]six[H8337]years[H8141]: and the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] shall bless[H1288]thee[H5869] in all that thou doest[H6213].
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All the firstling[H1060]males[H2145] that come[H3205] of thy herd[H1241] and of thy flock[H6629] thou shalt sanctify[H6942] unto the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]: thou shalt do no work[H5647] with the firstling[H1060] of thy bullock[H7794], nor shear[H1494] the firstling[H1060] of thy sheep[H6629].
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Thou shalt eat[H398] 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], thou and thy household[H1004].
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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] it unto the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430].
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Thou shalt eat[H398] it within thy gates[H8179]: the unclean[H2931] and the clean[H2889] person shall eat[H398] it alike[H3162], as the roebuck[H6643], and as the hart[H354].
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Only thou shalt not eat[H398] the blood[H1818] thereof; thou shalt pour[H8210] it upon the ground[H776] as water[H4325].