05:014:026 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul
lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong
drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there
before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine
household,
05:014:027 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not
forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
05:014:028 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the
tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy
gates:
05:014:029 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance
with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which
are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that
the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which
thou doest.
05:015:001 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
05:015:002 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that
lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact
it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's
release.
05:015:003 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is
thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
05:015:004 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD
shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee
for an inheritance to possess it:
05:015:005 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD
thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee
this day.
05:015:006 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and
thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou
shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
05:015:007 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren
within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor
brother:
05:015:008 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt
surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
05:015:009 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart,
saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine
eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and
he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
05:015:010 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be
grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD
thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest
thine hand unto.
05:015:011 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I
command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother,
to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
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