Verse 2
Deuteronomy 15:2
Literal Standard Version
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and this is the matter of the release: every owner of a loan is to release his hand which he lifts up against his neighbor, he does not exact of his neighbor and of his brother, but has proclaimed a release to YHWH;
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
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“At the end of seven years you make a release,
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and this is the matter of the release: every owner of a loan is to release his hand which he lifts u...
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of the stranger you may exact, but that which is yours with your brother your hand releases,
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except there is an end when no poor are with you; for YHWH greatly blesses you in the land which you...
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only if you listen diligently to the voice of your God (Elohim) YHWH, to observe to do all this comm...
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For your God (Elohim) YHWH has blessed you as He has spoken to you; and you have lent to many nation...
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When there is with you any poor of one of your brothers, in one of your cities, in your land which y...
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for you certainly open your hand to him, and certainly lend him sufficiency for his lack which he la...
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Take heed to yourself lest there be a worthless word in your heart, saying, The seventh year is near...
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you certainly give to him, and your heart is not sad in your giving to him, for because of this thin...
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because the poor does not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding you, saying, You certainl...
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When your brother is sold to you, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he has served you for six years, then...
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And when you send him away free from you, you do not send him away empty;
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you certainly adorn him from your flock, and from your threshing-floor, and from your wine-vat; you...
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and you have remembered that you have been a servant in the land of Egypt, and your God (Elohim) YHW...
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And it has been, when he says to you, I do not go out from you, because he has loved you and your ho...
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then you have taken the awl, and have put it through his ear, and through the door, and he has been...
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It is not hard in your eyes in your sending him away free from you; for his worth has been double th...
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Every firstling that is born in your herd and in your flock—you sanctify the male to your God (Elohi...
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you eat it before your God (Elohim) YHWH year by year, in the place which YHWH chooses, you and your...
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And when there is a blemish in it, or it is lame or blind, or has any evil blemish, you do not sacri...
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you eat it within your gates, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe and as the deer.
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Only, you do not eat its blood—you pour it on the earth as water.”
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