Verse 2
Deuteronomy 15:2
World English Bible, British Edition
2
This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which
he has lent to his neighbour. He shall not require payment from his neighbour and his brother, because
the LORD’s release has been proclaimed.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/זֶה֮ דְּבַ֣ר הַ/שְּׁמִטָּה֒ שָׁמ֗וֹט כָּל בַּ֨עַל֙ מַשֵּׁ֣ה יָד֔/וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַשֶּׁ֖ה בְּ/רֵעֵ֑/הוּ לֹֽא יִגֹּ֤שׂ אֶת רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙ וְ/אֶת אָחִ֔י/ו כִּֽי קָרָ֥א שְׁמִטָּ֖ה לַֽ/יהוָֽה
English Translation
And this is the matter of the release: Every owner of a loan shall release what he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not press his neighbor and his brother, because a release has been proclaimed for the Lord.
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Chapter 15 Context
1
At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts.
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2
This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which
he has lent to his neighbo...
3
Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your
brother, your hand shall relea...
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4
However there will be no poor with you (for the LORD will surely bless
you in the land which the LOR...
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5
if only you diligently listen to the LORD your God (Elohim)’s voice, to observe
to do all this comma...
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6
For the LORD your God (Elohim) will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend
to many nations, bu...
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7
If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates
in your land which the LOR...
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8
but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him
sufficient for his need, which...
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9
Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The
seventh year, the year of rele...
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10
You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you
give to him, because it is for t...
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11
For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command
you to surely open your hand to y...
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12
If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and
serves you six years, then in t...
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13
When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty.
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14
You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing
floor, and out of your wine...
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15
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and
the LORD your God (Elohim) redeem...
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16
It shall be, if he tells you, “I will not go out from you,” because
he loves you and your house, bec...
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17
then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door,
and he shall be your servant...
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18
It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for
he has been double the value of...
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19
You shall dedicate all the firstborn males that are born of your herd
and of your flock to the LORD...
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20
You shall eat it before the LORD your God (Elohim) year by year in the place
which the LORD shall ch...
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21
If it has any defect—is lame or blind, or has any defect whatever,
you shall not sacrifice it to the...
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22
You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean shall
eat it alike, as the gazelle and...
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23
Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground
like water.
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