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Deuteronomy 15:1-18
Legacy Standard Bible

Remission of Debt Every Seven Years

15 “(A)At the end of every seven years you shall [a]grant a remission of debts. 2 And this is the manner of remission: every creditor shall release what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother because the remission from Yahweh has been proclaimed. 3 (B)From a foreigner you may exact it, but your hand shall release whatever of yours is with your brother. 4 However, there will be no needy one among you, since (C)Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, 5 if only you listen obediently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to be careful to do all this commandment which I am commanding you today. 6 (D)For Yahweh your God will bless you as He has promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.

7 “If there is (E)a needy one among you, one of your brothers, in any of your gates of the towns in your land which Yahweh your God is giving you, (F)you shall not harden your heart nor close your hand from your needy brother; 8 but (G)you shall freely open your hand to him and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks. 9 Beware lest there be a vile [b]thought in your heart, saying, ‘(H)The seventh year, the year of the remission of debts, is near,’ and (I)your eye is hostile toward your needy brother, and you give him nothing; then he (J)may cry to Yahweh against you, and it will be a sin in you. 10 You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because (K)for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you send forth your hand to do. 11 (L)For the needy will never cease to be [c]in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your afflicted and needy in your land.’

12 “(M)If your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six years, but in the seventh year you shall [d]let him go to be free from you. 13 When you [e]let him go to be free from you, you shall not [f]let him go empty-handed. 14 You shall furnish him generously from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as Yahweh your God has blessed you. 15 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding you [g]this today. 16 And it will be that, (N)if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you; 17 then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also you shall do likewise to your maidservant.

18 “It shall not seem hard in your sight when you [h]let him go to be free from you, for he has given you six years with [i]double the service of a hired man; so Yahweh your God will bless you in whatever you do.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:1 Lit make a release
  2. Deuteronomy 15:9 Lit word
  3. Deuteronomy 15:11 Lit in the midst of
  4. Deuteronomy 15:12 Lit send him out
  5. Deuteronomy 15:13 Lit send him out
  6. Deuteronomy 15:13 Lit send him out
  7. Deuteronomy 15:15 Lit this thing
  8. Deuteronomy 15:18 Lit send him out
  9. Deuteronomy 15:18 Lit double the amount
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Deuteronomy 15:1-18
American Standard Version

15 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Jehovah’s release hath been proclaimed. 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall [a]release. 4 Howbeit there shall be no poor with thee (for Jehovah will surely bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it), 5 if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day. 6 For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.

7 If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother; 8 but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto. 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

12 If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13 And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty: 14 thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; as Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to-day. 16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee; 17 then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy [b]servant for ever. And also unto thy [c]maid-servant thou shalt do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years: and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:3 Or, release: save when there etc.
  2. Deuteronomy 15:17 Or, bond-man
  3. Deuteronomy 15:17 Or, bond-woman
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