Deuteronomy 15:7-18
7 “If there is (A)a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your (a)towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, (B)you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;
8 but (C)you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks.
9 Beware that there is no base (b)thought in your heart, saying, ‘(D)The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,’ and (E)your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he (F)may cry to the Lord 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 (G)for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all (c)your undertakings.
11 (H)For the poor will never cease to be (d)in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’
12 “(I)If your (e)kinsman, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six years, but in the seventh year you shall set him (f)free.
13 When you set him (g)free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.
14 You shall furnish him liberally from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as the Lord your God has blessed you.
15 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you (h)this today.
16 It shall come about (J)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.
Footnotes:
a.
Deuteronomy 15:7: ['Lit ', gates]
b.
Deuteronomy 15:9: ['Lit ', word]
c.
Deuteronomy 15:10: ['Lit ', the putting forth of your hand]
d.
Deuteronomy 15:11: ['Lit ', in the midst of]
e.
Deuteronomy 15:12: ['Lit ', brother]
f.
Deuteronomy 15:12: ['Lit ', free from you]
g.
Deuteronomy 15:13: ['Lit ', free from you]
h.
Deuteronomy 15:15: ['Lit ', this thing]
i.
Deuteronomy 15:18: ['Lit ', free from you]
j.
Deuteronomy 15:18: ['Lit ', double the amount]