At the end{H7093} of every seven{H7651} years{H8141} thou shalt make{H6213} a release.{H8059}

And this is the manner{H1697} of the release:{H8059} every creditor{H4874} shall release{H8058} that which he hath lent{H5383} unto his neighbor;{H7453} he shall not exact{H5065} it of his neighbor{H7453} and his brother;{H251} because Jehovah's{H3068} release{H8059} hath been proclaimed.{H7121}

Of a foreigner{H5237} thou mayest exact{H5065} it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother{H251} thy hand{H3027} shall release.{H8058}

Howbeit{H657} there shall be no poor{H34} with thee; (for Jehovah{H3068} will surely{H1288} bless{H1288} thee in the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee for an inheritance{H5159} to possess{H3423} it;)

if only thou diligently{H8085} hearken{H8085} unto the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} to observe{H8104} to do{H6213} all this commandment{H4687} which I command{H6680} thee this day.{H3117}

For Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will bless{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 rule{H4910} over many{H7227} nations,{H1471} but they shall not rule{H4910} over thee.

If there be with thee a poor man,{H34} one{H259} of thy brethren,{H251} within any{H259} of thy gates{H8179} in thy land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, thou shalt not harden{H553} thy heart,{H3824} nor shut{H7092} thy hand{H3027} from thy poor{H34} brother;{H251}

but thou shalt surely{H6605} open{H6605} thy hand{H3027} unto him, and shalt surely{H5670} lend{H5670} him sufficient{H1767} for his need{H4270} [in that] which he wanteth.{H2637}

Beware{H8104} that there be not a base{H1100} thought{H1697} in thy 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 give{H5414} him nought; and he cry{H7121} unto Jehovah{H3068} against thee, and it be sin{H2399} unto thee.

Thou shalt surely{H5414} give{H5414} him, and thy heart{H3824} shall not be grieved{H3415} when thou givest{H5414} unto him; because{H1558} that for this thing{H1697} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will bless{H1288} thee in all thy work,{H4639} and in all that thou puttest{H4916} thy hand{H3027} unto.

For the poor{H34} will never cease{H2308} out of{H7130} the land:{H776} therefore I command{H6680} thee, saying,{H559} Thou shalt surely{H6605} open{H6605} thy hand{H3027} unto thy brother,{H251} to thy needy,{H34} and to thy poor,{H6041} in thy land.{H776}

If thy brother,{H251} a Hebrew man,{H5680} or a 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.

And when thou lettest{H7971} him go free{H2670} from thee, thou shalt not let him go{H7971} empty:{H7387}

thou shalt furnish{H6059} him liberally{H6059} out of thy flock,{H6629} and out of thy threshing-floor,{H1637} and out of thy winepress;{H3342} as Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath blessed{H1288} thee thou shalt give{H5414} unto him.

And thou shalt remember{H2142} that thou wast a bondman{H5650} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} redeemed{H6299} thee: therefore I command{H6680} thee this thing{H1697} to-day.{H3117}

And it shall be, if he say{H559} unto thee, I will not go out{H3318} from thee; because he loveth{H157} thee and thy house,{H1004} because he is well{H2895} with thee;

then thou shalt take{H3947} an awl,{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 maid-servant{H519} thou shalt do{H6213} likewise.

It shall not seem hard{H7185} unto thee,{H5869} when thou lettest him go{H7971} free{H2670} from thee; for to the double{H4932} of the hire{H7939} of a hireling{H7916} hath he served{H5647} thee six{H8337} years:{H8141} and Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will bless{H1288} thee in all that thou doest.{H6213}

All the firstling{H1060} males{H2145} that are born{H3205} of thy herd{H1241} and of thy flock{H6629} thou shalt sanctify{H6942} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God:{H430} thou shalt do no work{H5647} with the firstling{H1060} of thy herd,{H7794} nor shear{H1494} the firstling{H1060} of thy flock.{H6629}

Thou shalt eat{H398} it before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} year{H8141} by year{H8141} in the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} shall choose,{H977} thou and thy household.{H1004}

And if it have any blemish,{H3971} as if it be lame{H6455} or blind,{H5787} any ill{H7451} blemish{H3971} whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice{H2076} it unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430}

Thou shalt eat{H398} it within thy gates:{H8179} the unclean{H2931} and the clean{H2889} [shall eat it] alike,{H3162} as the gazelle,{H6643} and as the hart.{H354}

Only thou shalt not eat{H398} the blood{H1818} thereof; thou shalt pour{H8210} it out upon the ground{H776} as water.{H4325}