Verse 11

Deuteronomy 15:11

World English Bible, British Edition

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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 your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּ֛י לֹא יֶחְדַּ֥ל אֶבְי֖וֹן מִ/קֶּ֣רֶב הָ/אָ֑רֶץ עַל כֵּ֞ן אָנֹכִ֤י מְצַוְּ/ךָ֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר פָּ֠תֹחַ תִּפְתַּ֨ח אֶת יָדְ/ךָ֜ לְ/אָחִ֧י/ךָ לַ/עֲנִיֶּ֛/ךָ וּ/לְ/אֶבְיֹנְ/ךָ֖ בְּ/אַרְצֶֽ/ךָ

English Translation

For the poor will not cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, "You shall open your hand to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy in your land."

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Chapter 15 Context

1 At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts. Focus ↗

2 This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbo... Focus ↗

3 Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand shall relea... Focus ↗

4 However there will be no poor with you (for the LORD will surely bless you in the land which the LOR... Focus ↗

5 if only you diligently listen to the LORD your God (Elohim)’s voice, to observe to do all this comma... Focus ↗

6 For the LORD your God (Elohim) will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, bu... Focus ↗

7 If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which the LOR... Focus ↗

8 but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which... Focus ↗

9 Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of rele... Focus ↗

10 You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for t... Focus ↗

11 For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to y...

12 If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in t... Focus ↗

13 When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty. Focus ↗

14 You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your wine... Focus ↗

15 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God (Elohim) redeem... Focus ↗

16 It shall be, if he tells you, “I will not go out from you,” because he loves you and your house, bec... Focus ↗

17 then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant... Focus ↗

18 It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for he has been double the value of... Focus ↗

19 You shall dedicate all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock to the LORD... Focus ↗

20 You shall eat it before the LORD your God (Elohim) year by year in the place which the LORD shall ch... Focus ↗

21 If it has any defect—is lame or blind, or has any defect whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to the... Focus ↗

22 You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and... Focus ↗

23 Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water. Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Deuteronomy
Chapter: Chapter 15 (23 verses)
Version: World English Bible, British Edition

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