And this is the manner of the release: Everycreditorthatlendethoughtunto his neighbourshallrelease it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’Srelease.
Savewhenthereshall be no pooramong you; for the LORDshallgreatlyblessthee in the landwhich the LORD thy God giveththee for an inheritance to possess it:
For the LORD thy God blesseththee, as he promisedthee: and thoushaltlenduntomanynations, but thoushalt not borrow; and thoushaltreignovermanynations, but theyshall not reignoverthee.
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethrenwithin any of thy gates in thy landwhich the LORD thy God giveththee, thoushalt not hardenthineheart, nor shutthinehandfrom thy poorbrother:
Bewarethatthere be not a thought in thy wickedheart, saying, The seventhyear, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evilagainst thy poorbrother, and thougivest him nought; and he cry unto the LORDagainstthee, and it be sin untothee.
Thoushaltsurelygive him, and thineheartshall not be grievedwhenthougivestunto him: becausethat for thisthing the LORD thy God shallblessthee in all thy works, and in all thatthouputtestthinehandunto.
For the poorshallnevercease out of the land: therefore I commandthee, saying, Thoushaltopenthinehandwideunto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrewwoman, be solduntothee, and servethee six years; then in the seventhyearthoushalt let him go freefromthee.
Thoushaltfurnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of thatwherewith the LORD thy God hathblessedtheethoushaltgiveunto him.
Thenthoushalttake an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And alsounto thy maidservantthoushalt do likewise.
It shall not seemharduntothee, whenthousendest him awayfreefromthee; for he hathbeenworth a doublehiredservant to thee, in servingthee six years: and the LORD thy God shallblessthee in all thatthoudoest.
All the firstlingmalesthatcome of thy herd and of thy flockthoushaltsanctifyunto the LORD thy God: thoushalt do no workwith the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.