Chapter 15
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At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.
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And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not press his neighbor or his brother, for the LORD's release has been proclaimed.
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You shall press the foreigner, but what is due to you from your brother you shall release.
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However, there shall not be any poor among you, for the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess.
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only if you carefully obey the voice of the LORD your God to keep and do this commandment which I am commanding you today.
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For the LORD your God will bless you just as he spoke to you, and you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.
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For if there is among you a poor man from one of your brothers in one of your gates in your land that the LORD your God is giving to you, you shall not harden your heart nor close your hand from your poor brother.
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For you shall surely open your hand to him, and you shall surely lend him enough for his need, that which he lacks.
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Beware in your heart lest there be a worthless thought, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, has drawn near,' and your eye is evil against your poor brother and you do not give to him, and he calls out against you to the LORD, and it becomes sin in you.
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You shall give to him, and your heart shall not be evil when you give to him, for because of this word the LORD your God will bless you in all your doing and in all the sending of your hand.
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For the poor will not cease from the midst of the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, "You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy one in your land."