The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 05: Deuteronomy: The Challoner Revision
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The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 05: Deuteronomy: The Challoner Revision
Bible. Deuteronomy
15:8. But shalt open it to the poor man, thou shalt lend him, that which
thou perceivest he hath need of.
15:9. Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee, and thou
say in thy heart: The seventh year of remission draweth nigh; and thou
turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which
he asketh: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it become a sin
unto thee.
15:10. But thou shalt give to him: neither shalt thou do any thing
craftily in relieving his necessities: that the Lord thy God may bless
thee at all times, and in all things to which thou shalt put thy hand.
15:11. There will not be wanting poor in the land of thy habitation:
therefore I command thee to open thy hand to thy needy and poor brother,
that liveth in the land.
15:12. When thy brother a Hebrew man, or Hebrew woman is sold to thee,
and hath served thee six years, in the seventh year thou shalt let him
go free:
15:13. And when thou sendest him out free, thou shalt not let him go
away empty:
15:14. But shall give him for his way out of thy flocks, and out of thy
barnfloor, and thy winepress, wherewith the Lord thy God shall bless
thee.
15:15. Remember that thou also wast a bondservant in the land of Egypt,
and the Lord thy God made thee free, and therefore I now command thee
this.
15:16. But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy
house, and findeth that he is well with thee:
15:17. Thou shalt take an awl, and bore through his ear in the door of
thy house, and he shall serve thee for ever: thou shalt do in like
manner to thy womanservant also.
15:18. Turn not away thy eyes from them when thou makest them free:
because he hath served thee six years according to the wages of a
hireling: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works that
thou dost.
15:19. Of the firstlings, that come of thy herds and thy sheep, thou
shalt sanctify to the Lord thy God whatsoever is of the male sex. Thou
shalt not work with the firstling of a bullock, and thou shalt not shear
the firstlings of thy sheep.
15:20. In the sight of the Lord thy God shalt thou eat them every year,
in the place that the Lord shall choose, thou and thy house.
15:21. But if it have a blemish, or be lame, or blind, or in any part
disfigured or feeble, it shall not be sacrificed to the Lord thy God.
15:22. But thou shalt eat it within the gates of thy city: the clean and
the unclean shall eat them alike, as the roe and as the hart.
15:23. Only thou shalt take heed not to eat their blood, but pour it out
on the earth as water.
Deuteronomy Chapter 16
The three principal solemnities to be observed: just judges to be
appointed in every city: all occasions of idolatry to be avoided.
16:1. Observe the month of new corn, which is the first of the spring,
that thou mayst celebrate the phase to the Lord thy God: because in this
month the Lord thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night.
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