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Deuteronomy 15

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1At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

2And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release.

3Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;

4Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

5Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.

6For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

7If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

8But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

12And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

14Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

15And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

16And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

17Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

18It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

19All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

20Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.

21And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.

22Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

23Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • כִּיkîyH358816× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • לֹאlôʼH380816× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306815× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • אֵתʼêthH85313× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH43011× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83411× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19619× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • נָתַןnâthanH54148× in this chapter

    to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

  • שָׁנֶהshânehH81418× in this chapter

    a year (as a revolution of time)

  • אָחʼâchH2517× in this chapter

    a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

  • כֹּלkôlH36057× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • בָרַךְbârakH12886× in this chapter

    to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

  • יָדyâdH30276× in this chapter

    a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

  • אֶבְיוֹןʼebyôwnH346× in this chapter

    destitute

  • עִםʻimH59736× in this chapter

    adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)

  • אֶרֶץʼeretsH7766× in this chapter

    the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

  • דָּבָרdâbârH16974× in this chapter

    a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

  • עָבַטʻâbaṭH56704× in this chapter

    to pawn; causatively, to lend (on security); figuratively, to entangle

  • עַלʻalH59214× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62134× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • פָּתַחpâthachH66054× in this chapter

    to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

  • שָׁלַחshâlachH79714× in this chapter

    to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

  • שְׁמִטָּהshᵉmiṭṭâhH80594× in this chapter

    remission (of debt) or suspension of labor)

  • בְּכוֹרbᵉkôwrH10603× in this chapter

    firstborn; hence, chief

  • זֶהzehH20883× in this chapter

    the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

  • חׇפְשִׁיchophshîyH26703× in this chapter

    exempt (from bondage, tax or care)

  • כֵּןkênH36513× in this chapter

    properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

  • לֵבָבlêbâbH38243× in this chapter

    the heart (as the most interior organ);

  • אָכַלʼâkalH3983× in this chapter

    to eat (literally or figuratively)

  • אָמַרʼâmarH5593× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • עָבַדʻâbadH56473× in this chapter

    to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

  • אָנֹכִיʼânôkîyH5953× in this chapter

    I

  • צֹאןtsôʼnH66293× in this chapter

    a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

  • צָוָהtsâvâhH66803× in this chapter

    (intensively) to constitute, enjoin

  • בַּיִתbayithH10042× in this chapter

    a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

  • גּוֹיgôwyH14712× in this chapter

    a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

  • אוֹʼôwH1762× in this chapter

    desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

  • אֶחָדʼechâdH2592× in this chapter

    properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

  • יוֹםyôwmH31172× in this chapter

    a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

  • מאוּםmʼûwmH39712× in this chapter

    to stain; a blemish (physically or morally)

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