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He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none. <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Generosity in Lending and Giving<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/6.htm">Matthew 6:1–4</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land. <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">Hebrew Servants<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/21.htm">Exodus 21:1–11</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do. <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">Firstborn Animals<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/13.htm">Exodus 13:1–16</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>make strong</i> or <i>make courageous</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>sells himself</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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