Deuteronomy 15:7-18
Read Deuteronomy 15 in full →7“If there is aa needy one among you, one of your brothers, in any of your gates of the towns in your land which Yahweh your God is giving you, byou shall not harden your heart nor close your hand from your needy brother; 8but ayou shall freely open your hand to him and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks. 9“Beware lest there be a vile 1thought in your heart, saying, ‘aThe seventh year, the year of the remission of debts, is near,’ and byour eye is hostile toward your needy brother, and you give him nothing; then he cmay cry to Yahweh against you, and it will be a sin in you. 10“You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because afor this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you send forth your hand to do. 11“aFor the needy will never cease to be 1in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your afflicted and needy in your land.’
12“aIf your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six years, but in the seventh year you shall 1let him go to be free from you. 13“When you 1let him go to be free from you, you shall not 2let him go empty-handed. 14“You shall furnish him generously from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as Yahweh your God has blessed you. 15“And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding you 1this today. 16“And it will be that, aif he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you; 17then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also you shall do likewise to your maidservant.