Deuteronomy 15
1At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
מִקֵּץ שֶׁבַע־שָׁנִים תַּעֲשֶׂה שְׁמִטָּה׃ (2131)
See also: Deuteronomy 31:10, Exodus 23:10-11, Leviticus 25:2-4, Exodus 21:2, Deuteronomy 15:12, Luke 4:18-19, Deuteronomy 15:9, Nehemiah 10:31, Isaiah 61:1-3, Jeremiah 36:8-18
2And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’s release.
וְזֶה דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה שָׁמֹוט כָּל־בַּעַל מַשֵּׁה יָדֹו אֲשֶׁר יַשֶּׁה בְּרֵעֵהוּ לֹא־יִגֹּשׂ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וְאֶת־אָחִיו כִּי־קָרָא שְׁמִטָּה לַיהוָה׃ (4753)
See also: Luke 7:42, James 2:13, Exodus 22:14, Matthew 18:28, Luke 6:34-38, Nehemiah 5:7-11, Matthew 18:25-35, Genesis 14:15, Isaiah 58:3, Daniel 11:20, Amos 8:4-6, Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:14-15
3Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
אֶת־הַנָּכְרִי תִּגֹּשׂ וַאֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֶת־אָחִיךָ תַּשְׁמֵט יָדֶךָ׃ (3199)
See also: Deuteronomy 23:20, Exodus 22:25, Matthew 17:25-26, John 8:35, 1 Corinthians 6:6-7, Galatians 6:10
4Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
אֶפֶס כִּי לֹא יִהְיֶה־בְּךָ אֶבְיֹון כִּי־בָרֵךְ יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן־לְךָ נַחֲלָה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ׃ (3317)
See also: Proverbs 28:27, Isaiah 58:10-11, 2 Corinthians 8:2, Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 28:1-8, Proverbs 11:24-25, Deuteronomy 28:11, Proverbs 14:21, Deuteronomy 15:10
5Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
רַק אִם־שָׁמֹועַ תִּשְׁמַע בְּקֹול יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשֹׂות אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיֹּום׃ (4982)
See also: Deuteronomy 28:1, Deuteronomy 26:17, Leviticus 26:3-14, Deuteronomy 11:13-15, Joshua 1:7, 1 Kings 11:38, Psalms 19:11, Isaiah 1:19-20, Philippians 1:27, Deuteronomy 4:9
6For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
כִּי־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בֵּרַכְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר־לָךְ וְהַעֲבַטְתָּ גֹּויִם רַבִּים וְאַתָּה לֹא תַעֲבֹט וּמָשַׁלְתָּ בְּגֹויִם רַבִּים וּבְךָ לֹא יִמְשֹׁלוּ׃ (4402)
See also: Deuteronomy 28:12, 1 Kings 4:21, Luke 6:35, Nehemiah 9:27, Proverbs 22:7, Ezra 4:20, Psalms 37:21, 1 Kings 4:24, Psalms 37:26, Psalms 112:5, Deuteronomy 28:44, 2 Chronicles 9:26
7If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
כִּי־יִהְיֶה בְךָ אֶבְיֹון מֵאַחַד אַחֶיךָ בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ בְּאַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ לֹא תְאַמֵּץ אֶת־לְבָבְךָ וְלֹא תִקְפֹּץ אֶת־יָדְךָ מֵאָחִיךָ הָאֶבְיֹון׃ (4626)
See also: 1 John 3:17, 2 Corinthians 9:7, Matthew 25:35, Proverbs 19:17, Luke 6:30, Proverbs 28:27, Ecclesiastes 11:1, Proverbs 22:9, Matthew 5:42, Leviticus 25:35, Deuteronomy 15:9, Psalms 41:1, Isaiah 58:10, Psalms 112:5, Proverbs 21:13, 1 John 3:16-17, James 2:15-16, Nehemiah 5:1, Job 31:16, 1 Timothy 6:18
8But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
כִּי־פָתֹחַ תִּפְתַּח אֶת־יָדְךָ לֹו וְהַעֲבֵט תַּעֲבִיטֶנּוּ דֵּי מַחְסֹרֹו אֲשֶׁר יֶחְסַר לֹו׃ (3659)
See also: Deuteronomy 15:11, Luke 6:34, Psalms 37:26, Matthew 5:42, Luke 11:41, Deuteronomy 24:10, Isaiah 16:14, Romans 12:8
9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן־יִהְיֶה דָבָר עִם־לְבָבְךָ בְלִיַּעַל לֵאמֹר קָרְבָה שְׁנַת־הַשֶּׁבַע שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה וְרָעָה עֵינְךָ בְּאָחִיךָ הָאֶבְיֹון וְלֹא תִתֵּן לֹו וְקָרָא עָלֶיךָ אֶל־יְהוָה וְהָיָה בְךָ חֵטְא׃ (6110)
See also: 2 Corinthians 10:5, Matthew 20:15, Deuteronomy 24:15, Psalms 101:3, Deuteronomy 15:7, Exodus 22:23, Proverbs 23:6, Deuteronomy 28:54, Jeremiah 17:10, Mark 7:21-22, James 5:9, Exodus 3:7, Job 34:28, Psalms 37:21, Proverbs 28:22, Isaiah 5:7, Amos 4:1, Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:22, Acts 8:20
10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
נָתֹון תִּתֵּן לֹו וְלֹא־יֵרַע לְבָבְךָ בְּתִתְּךָ לֹו כִּי בִּגְלַל ׀ הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל־מַעֲשֶׂךָ וּבְכֹל מִשְׁלַח יָדֶךָ׃ (4240)
See also: Luke 6:38, Deuteronomy 28:8, Proverbs 11:24, Deuteronomy 28:12, Haggai 2:19, Proverbs 22:9, Proverbs 28:27, Hebrews 13:16, Deuteronomy 14:29, Psalms 41:1-2, Isaiah 58:10, 1 Timothy 6:18-19, Deuteronomy 23:20, Deuteronomy 24:19, Isaiah 32:8, Philippians 4:18-19, Deuteronomy 15:4, Acts 20:35, 1 Peter 4:11, 2 Corinthians 9:5-11
11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
כִּי לֹא־יֶחְדַּל אֶבְיֹון מִקֶּרֶב הָאָרֶץ עַל־כֵּן אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ לֵאמֹר פָּתֹחַ תִּפְתַּח אֶת־יָדְךָ לְאָחִיךָ לַעֲנִיֶּךָ וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ בְּאַרְצֶךָ׃ (3990)
See also: Matthew 26:11, John 12:8, Mark 14:7, Deuteronomy 15:8, Proverbs 22:2, 1 Corinthians 16:2, 1 John 3:16-18, Acts 4:32-35, Proverbs 31:20, Luke 12:33, Psalms 112:9, Matthew 5:42, Acts 2:45, 2 Corinthians 8:2-9, Matthew 5:22, Acts 11:28-30, Job 31:17, James 1:9, Ephesians 6:9
12And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
כִּי־יִמָּכֵר לְךָ אָחִיךָ הָעִבְרִי אֹו הָעִבְרִיָּה וַעֲבָדְךָ שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִת תְּשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ חָפְשִׁי מֵעִמָּךְ׃ (4589)
See also: Jeremiah 34:14, Exodus 21:2, Leviticus 25:39-41, Deuteronomy 24:14, Deuteronomy 15:1, John 8:35-36, Exodus 21:3, Job 31:13, Jeremiah 34:8, Jeremiah 34:9, Colossians 4:1
13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
וְכִי־תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ חָפְשִׁי מֵעִמָּךְ לֹא תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ רֵיקָם׃ (2573)
See also: Proverbs 3:27-28, Jeremiah 22:13, Malachi 3:5, Genesis 31:42, Exodus 3:21, Leviticus 25:42-44, Colossians 4:1
14Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
הַעֲנֵיק תַּעֲנִיק לֹו מִצֹּאנְךָ וּמִגָּרְנְךָ וּמִיִּקְבֶךָ אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ תִּתֶּן־לֹו׃ (3320)
See also: 2 Corinthians 9:7, Numbers 18:27, Nehemiah 8:10, Job 31:17, Psalms 68:10, Proverbs 10:22, Acts 20:35, Romans 12:8, 1 Corinthians 16:2
15And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
וְזָכַרְתָּ כִּי עֶבֶד הָיִיתָ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַיִּפְדְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ עַל־כֵּן אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה הַיֹּום׃ (3146)
See also: Exodus 13:3, Exodus 20:2, Deuteronomy 5:15, Exodus 6:6, 2 Samuel 7:23, Psalms 107:2, Jeremiah 16:14, Deuteronomy 16:12, Ezekiel 16:4, Deuteronomy 6:21, Deuteronomy 24:18, Psalms 136:24, Micah 6:4, Ephesians 2:11, Exodus 22:21, Deuteronomy 5:14-15, Deuteronomy 9:26, 1 Chronicles 17:21, Nehemiah 1:10, Psalms 78:35
16And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
וְהָיָה כִּי־יֹאמַר אֵלֶיךָ לֹא אֵצֵא מֵעִמָּךְ כִּי אֲהֵבְךָ וְאֶת־בֵּיתֶךָ כִּי־טֹוב לֹו עִמָּךְ׃ (1771)
17Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
וְלָקַחְתָּ אֶת־הַמַּרְצֵעַ וְנָתַתָּה בְאָזְנֹו וּבַדֶּלֶת וְהָיָה לְךָ עֶבֶד עֹולָם וְאַף לַאֲמָתְךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה־כֵּן׃ (4440)
18It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
לֹא־יִקְשֶׁה בְעֵינֶךָ בְּשַׁלֵּחֲךָ אֹתֹו חָפְשִׁי מֵעִמָּךְ כִּי מִשְׁנֶה שְׂכַר שָׂכִיר עֲבָדְךָ שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים וּבֵרַכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה׃ (6172)
19All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
כָּל־הַבְּכֹור אֲשֶׁר יִוָּלֵד בִּבְקָרְךָ וּבְצֹאנְךָ הַזָּכָר תַּקְדִּישׁ לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא תַעֲבֹד בִּבְכֹר שֹׁורֶךָ וְלֹא תָגֹז בְּכֹור צֹאנֶךָ׃ (4588)
See also: Exodus 13:2, Exodus 22:30, Exodus 13:12, Leviticus 22:2, Leviticus 27:26, Leviticus 5:15, Numbers 18:15, Numbers 18:17, Deuteronomy 12:6, Deuteronomy 12:17, Deuteronomy 16:14, Exodus 34:19, Numbers 3:13, Deuteronomy 12:5-7, Deuteronomy 14:23, Deuteronomy 16:11, Hebrews 12:23, Romans 8:29
20Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ תֹאכֲלֶנּוּ שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָה בַּמָּקֹום אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהוָה אַתָּה וּבֵיתֶךָ׃ (3260)
See also: Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 12:5-7, Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:17, Deuteronomy 14:23, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 16:2
21And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
וְכִי־יִהְיֶה בֹו מוּם פִּסֵּחַ אֹו עִוֵּר כֹּל מוּם רָע לֹא תִזְבָּחֶנּוּ לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃ (1623)
See also: Leviticus 1:3, Malachi 1:8, Leviticus 22:20, Deuteronomy 17:1, Numbers 28:19, Malachi 1:7-8, Leviticus 22:19-25, Hebrews 9:14, Malachi 1:13
22Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ תֹּאכֲלֶנּוּ הַטָּמֵא וְהַטָּהֹור יַחְדָּו כַּצְּבִי וְכָאַיָּל׃ (1612)
See also: Deuteronomy 12:15, Deuteronomy 12:21-22
23Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
רַק אֶת־דָּמֹו לֹא תֹאכֵל עַל־הָאָרֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶנּוּ כַּמָּיִם׃ (2595)
See also: Genesis 9:4, Leviticus 3:17, Leviticus 17:10, Deuteronomy 12:16, Leviticus 7:26, Leviticus 17:13, Deuteronomy 12:23, Acts 15:20, 1 Samuel 14:32, Ezekiel 33:25, Deuteronomy 12:24