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Release for Debtors
“At the end of every seventh year you must cancel the debts of everyone who owes you money.
“At the end of every seventh year you must cancel the debts of everyone who owes you money.
This is how it must be done. Everyone must cancel the loans they have made to their fellow Israelites. They must not demand payment from their neighbors or relatives, for the LORD’s time of release has arrived.
Of a foreigner you may require it; but you shall give up your claim to what is owed by your brother,
This release from debt, however, applies only to your fellow Israelites — not to the foreigners living among you.
except when there may be no poor among you; for the Lord will greatly bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance —
“There should be no poor among you, for the LORD your God will greatly bless you in the land he is giving you as a special possession.
only if you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe with care all these commandments which I command you today.
You will receive this blessing if you are careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today.
For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you.
The LORD your God will bless you as he has promised. You will lend money to many nations but will never need to borrow. You will rule many nations, but they will not rule over you.
“But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them.
Instead, be generous and lend them whatever they need.
Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,’ and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin among you.
Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year for canceling debts is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the LORD, you will be considered guilty of sin.
You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.
Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.
There will always be some in the land who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.
The Law Concerning Bondservants
“If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
“If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
“When you release a male servant, do not send him away empty-handed.
you shall supply him liberally from your flock, from your threshing floor, and from your winepress. From what the Lord your God has blessed you with, you shall give to him.
Give him a generous farewell gift from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. Share with him some of the bounty with which the LORD your God has blessed you.
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today.
Remember that you were once slaves in the land of Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you! That is why I am giving you this command.
And if it happens that he says to you, ‘I will not go away from you,’ because he loves you and your house, since he prospers with you,
“But suppose your servant says, ‘I will not leave you,’ because he loves you and your family, and he has done well with you.
then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.
In that case, take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door. After that, he will be your servant for life. And do the same for your female servants.
It shall not seem hard to you when you send him away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired servant in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all that you do.
“You must not consider it a hardship when you release your servants. Remember that for six years they have given you services worth double the wages of hired workers, and the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
Sacrificing Firstborn Male Animals
“You must set aside for the LORD your God all the firstborn males from your flocks and herds. Do not use the firstborn of your herds to work your fields, and do not shear the firstborn of your flocks.
You and your household shall eat it before the Lord your God year by year in the place which the Lord chooses.
Instead, you and your family must eat these animals in the presence of the LORD your God each year at the place he chooses.
But if there is a defect in it, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
But if this firstborn animal has any defect, such as lameness or blindness, or if anything else is wrong with it, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
You may eat it within your gates; the unclean and the clean person alike may eat it, as if it were a gazelle or a deer.
Instead, use it for food for your family in your hometown. Anyone, whether ceremonially clean or unclean, may eat it, just as anyone may eat a gazelle or deer.