<vn='1'>At the <sn="4480 7093">end</s> of every <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="8141">years</s> thou shalt <sn="6213">make</s> a <sn="8059">release</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="2088">this</s> is the <sn="1697">manner</s> of the <sn="8059">release</s>: <sn="3605">Every</s><sn="1167 4874 3027">creditor</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="5383">lendeth</s> aught unto his <sn="7453">neighbor</s> shall <sn="8058">release</s> it; he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5065">exact</s><sn="*853"></s> it of his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>, or of his <sn="251">brother</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> it is <sn="7121">called</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="8059">release</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Of <sn="*853"></s> a <sn="5237">foreigner</s> thou mayest <sn="5065">exact</s> it again: but that <sn="834">which</s><sn="1961">is</s> thine <sn="854">with</s> thy <sn="251">brother</s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s> shall <sn="8058">release</s>; </v>
<vn='4'><sn="657">Save</s><sn="3588">when</s> there shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="34">poor</s> among you; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall greatly <sn="1288 1288">bless</s> thee in the <sn="776">land</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">giveth</s> thee for an <sn="5159">inheritance</s> to <sn="3423">possess</s> it: </v>
<vn='5'><sn="7535">Only</s><sn="518">if</s> thou carefully <sn="8085 8085">hearken</s> unto the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>, to <sn="8104">observe</s> to <sn="6213">do</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">these</s><sn="4687">commandments</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="6680">command</s> thee this <sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="1288">blesseth</s> thee, <sn="834">as</s> he <sn="1696">promised</s> thee: and thou shalt <sn="5670">lend</s> unto <sn="7227">many</s><sn="1471">nations</s>, but <sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5670">borrow</s>; and thou shalt <sn="4910">reign</s> over <sn="7227">many</s><sn="1471">nations</s>, but they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4910">reign</s> over thee. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3588">If</s> there <sn="1961">be</s> among you a poor <sn="34">man</s> of <sn="4480 259">one</s> of thy <sn="251">brethren</s> within <sn="259">any</s> of thy <sn="8179">gates</s> in thy <sn="776">land</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">giveth</s> thee, thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="553">harden</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="3824">heart</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="7092">shut</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s> from thy <sn="34">poor</s><sn="4480 251">brother</s>: </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3588">But</s> thou shalt <sn="6605">open</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="6605">wide</s> unto him, and shalt surely <sn="5670 5670">lend</s> him <sn="1767">sufficient</s> for his <sn="4270">need</s>, in that <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="2637">wanteth</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="8104">Beware</s><sn="6435">that</s> there <sn="1961">be</s> not a <sn="1697">thought</s><sn="5973">in</s> thy <sn="1100">wicked</s><sn="3824">heart</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="7651">seventh</s><sn="8141">year</s>, the <sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="8059">release</s>, is at <sn="7126">hand</s>; and thine <sn="5869">eye</s> be <sn="7489">evil</s> against thy <sn="34">poor</s><sn="251">brother</s>, and thou <sn="5414">givest</s> him <sn="3808">naught</s>; and he <sn="7121">cry</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee, and it <sn="1961">be</s><sn="2399">sin</s> unto thee. </v>
<vn='10'>Thou shalt surely <sn="5414 5414">give</s> him, and thine <sn="3824">heart</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="7489">grieved</s> when thou <sn="5414">givest</s> unto him: because <sn="3588">that</s><sn="1558">for</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> shall <sn="1288">bless</s> thee in <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="4639">works</s>, and in <sn="3605">all</s> that thou <sn="4916">puttest</s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s> unto. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="34">poor</s> shall <sn="3808">never</s><sn="2308">cease</s> out <sn="4480 7130">of</s> the <sn="776">land</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="6680">command</s> thee, <sn="559">saying</s>, Thou shalt <sn="6605">open</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="6605">wide</s> unto thy <sn="251">brother</s>, to thy <sn="6041">poor</s>, and to thy <sn="34">needy</s>, in thy <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='12'> And <sn="3588">if</s> thy <sn="251">brother</s>, a Hebrew <sn="5680">man</s>, <sn="176">or</s> a Hebrew <sn="5680">woman</s>, be <sn="4376">sold</s> unto thee, and <sn="5647">serve</s> thee <sn="8337">six</s><sn="8141">years</s>; then in the <sn="7637">seventh</s><sn="8141">year</s> thou shalt let him <sn="7971">go</s><sn="2670">free</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s> thee. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="3588">when</s> thou sendest him <sn="7971">out</s><sn="2670">free</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s> thee, thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> let him go <sn="7971">away</s><sn="7387">empty</s>: </v>
<vn='14'>Thou shalt furnish him <sn="6059 6059">liberally</s> out of thy <sn="4480 6629">flock</s>, and out of thy <sn="4480 1637">floor</s>, and out of thy <sn="4480 3342">winepress</s>: of that <sn="834">wherewith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="1288">blessed</s> thee thou shalt <sn="5414">give</s> unto him. </v>
<vn='15'>And thou shalt <sn="2142">remember</s><sn="3588">that</s> thou <sn="1961">wast</s> a <sn="5650">bondman</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="6299">redeemed</s> thee: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="6680">command</s> thee <sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s><sn="3117">today</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, <sn="3588">if</s> he <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, I will <sn="3808">not</s> go <sn="3318">away</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s> thee; <sn="3588">because</s> he <sn="157">loveth</s> thee and thine <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> he is <sn="2896">well</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee; </v>
<vn='17'>Then thou shalt <sn="3947">take</s><sn="*853"></s> an <sn="4836">awl</s>, and <sn="5414">thrust</s> it through his <sn="241">ear</s> unto the <sn="1817">door</s>, and he shall <sn="1961">be</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. And <sn="637">also</s> unto thy <sn="519">maidservant</s> thou shalt <sn="6213">do</s><sn="3651">likewise</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>It shall <sn="3808">not</s> seem hard unto <sn="7185 5869">thee</s>, when thou sendest him <sn="7971 *853">away</s><sn="2670">free</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s> thee; <sn="3588">for</s> he hath been <sn="7939">worth</s> a <sn="4932">double</s> hired <sn="7916">servant</s> to thee, in <sn="5647">serving</s> thee <sn="8337">six</s><sn="8141">years</s>: and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> shall <sn="1288">bless</s> thee in <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> thou <sn="6213">doest</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3605">All</s> the <sn="1060">firstling</s><sn="2145">males</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="3205">come</s> of thy <sn="1241">herd</s> and of thy <sn="6629">flock</s> thou shalt <sn="6942">sanctify</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>: thou shalt do <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5647">work</s> with the <sn="1060">firstling</s> of thy <sn="7794">bullock</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="1494">shear</s> the <sn="1060">firstling</s> of thy <sn="6629">sheep</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Thou shalt <sn="398">eat</s> it <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="8141">year</s> by <sn="8141">year</s> in the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="977">choose</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> and thy <sn="1004">household</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="3588">if</s> there <sn="1961">be</s> any <sn="3971">blemish</s> therein, as if it be <sn="6455">lame</s>, <sn="176">or</s><sn="5787">blind</s>, or have <sn="3605">any</s><sn="7451">ill</s><sn="3971">blemish</s>, thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2076">sacrifice</s> it unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Thou shalt <sn="398">eat</s> it within thy <sn="8179">gates</s>: the <sn="2931">unclean</s> and the <sn="2889">clean</s> person shall eat it <sn="3162">alike</s>, as the <sn="6643">roebuck</s>, and as the <sn="354">hart</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="7535">Only</s> thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="398">eat</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1818">blood</s> thereof; thou shalt <sn="8210">pour</s> it <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="776">ground</s> as <sn="4325">water</s>. </v>