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

`At the end of seven years thou dost make a release,

2 A nd this is the manner of the release: everyone who has lent anything to his neighbour, causing him to be in debt, shall release it; he shall not exact it any more of his neighbour or of his brother, because the release of the LORD is proclaimed.

and this the matter of the release: Every owner of a loan to release his hand which he doth lift up against his neighbour, he doth not exact of his neighbour and of his brother, but hath proclaimed a release to Jehovah;

3 O f the foreigner thou shalt demand that it be repaid; but that which thy brother has of thine thy hand shall release,

of the stranger thou mayest exact, and that which is thine with thy brother doth thy hand release;

4 s o that thus there shall be no poor among you, for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance to possess it;

only when there is no needy one with thee, for Jehovah doth greatly bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance to possess it.

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

`Only, if thou dost diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding thee to-day,

6 F or when the LORD thy God has blessed thee, as he promised thee, thou shalt lend unto many Gentiles, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many Gentiles, but they shall not rule over thee.

for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee as He hath spoken to thee; and thou hast lent many nations, and thou hast not borrowed; and thou hast ruled over many nations, and over thee they do not rule.

7 I f there should be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy towns in thy land which the LORD thy God gives thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother,

`When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

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

for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.

9 K eep thyself that there not be a thought of Belial in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother to give him nothing; for he shall cry unto the LORD against thee, and it shall be a sin unto thee.

`Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;

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

thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;

11 F or 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.

because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

12 ¶ And if thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold unto thee and serves thee six years, then in the seventh year thou shalt send him forth from thee free.

`When thy brother is sold to thee, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he hath served thee six years -- then in the seventh year thou dost send him away free from thee.

13 A nd when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not send him away empty.

And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;

14 T hou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock and out of thy threshing floor and out of thy winepress; of that with which the LORD thy God has blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

thou dost certainly encircle him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy wine-vat; that which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou dost give to him,

15 A nd thou shalt remember that thou wast a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God ransomed thee; therefore, I command thee this thing to day.

and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee; therefore I am commanding thee this thing to-day.

16 A nd it shall be, if he says unto thee, I will not go away from thee because he loves thee and thy house because he is well with thee,

`And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee -- because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because good for him with thee --

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

then thou hast taken the awl, and hast put through his ear, and through the door, and he hath been to thee a servant age-during; and also to thy handmaid thou dost do so.

18 I t shall not seem hard unto thee when thou sendest him away free from thee, for he has served thee for half the cost of a hired servant for six years; and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

`It is not hard in thine eyes, in thy sending him away free from thee; for the double of the hire of an hireling he hath served thee six years, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all that thou dost.

19 ¶ All the firstborn 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 firstborn of thy bullock nor shear the firstborn of thy sheep.

`Every firstling that is born in thy herd and in thy flock -- the male thou dost sanctify to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the firstling of thy flock;

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

before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it year by year, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, thou and thy house.

21 A nd if there is any blemish in it, if it is lame or blind or has any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.

`And when there is in it a blemish, lame, or blind, any evil blemish, thou dost not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God;

22 T hou shalt eat it within thy gates; the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck and as the hart.

within thy gates thou dost eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe, and as the hart.

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

Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.