1At the end of every seven years, you…
2This is the way it shall be done:…
3Of a foreigner you may require it; but…
4However there will be no poor with you…
5if only you diligently listen to the LORD…
6For the LORD your God will bless you,…
7If a poor man, one of your brothers,…
8but you shall surely open your hand to…
9Beware that there not be a wicked thought…
10You shall surely give, and your heart shall…
11For the poor will never cease out of…
12If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a…
13When you let him go free from you,…
14You shall furnish him liberally out of your…
15You shall remember that you were a slave…
16It shall be, if he tells you, “I…
17then you shall take an awl, and thrust…
18It shall not seem hard to you when…
19You shall dedicate all the firstborn males that…
20You shall eat it before the LORD your…
21If it has any defect—is lame or blind,…
22You shall eat it within your gates. The…
23Only you shall not eat its blood. You…
