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Deut 15:2 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.

’eṯ-hannāḵərî tiggōś wa’ăšer yihəyeh ləḵā ’eṯ-’āḥîḵā tašəmēṭ yāḏeḵā

Deut 15:3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;

’ep̱es kî lō’ yihəyeh-bəḵā ’eḇəyôn kî-ḇārēḵ yəḇāreḵəḵā yəhwāh bā’āreṣ ’ăšer yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā nōṯēn-ləḵā naḥălāh lərišətāhh

Deut 15:4 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:

raq ’im-šāmôa‘ tišəma‘ bəqôl yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā lišəmōr la‘ăśôṯ ’eṯ-kāl-hammiṣəwāh hazzō’ṯ ’ăšer ’ānōḵî məṣawwəḵā hayyôm

Deut 15:5 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.

kî-yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā bēraḵəḵā ka’ăšer dibber-lāḵ wəha‘ăḇaṭətā gôyim rabbîm wə’attāh lō’ ṯa‘ăḇōṭ ûmāšalətā bəg̱ôyim rabbîm ûḇəḵā lō’ yiməšōlû

Deut 15:6 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.

kî-yihəyeh ḇəḵā ’eḇəyôn mē’aḥaḏ ’aḥeyḵā bə’aḥaḏ šə‘āreyḵā bə’arəṣəḵā ’ăšer-yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā nōṯēn lāḵ lō’ ṯə’ammēṣ ’eṯ-ləḇāḇəḵā wəlō’ ṯiqəpōṣ ’eṯ-yāḏəḵā mē’āḥîḵā hā’eḇəyôn

Deut 15:7 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:

kî-p̱āṯōaḥ tip̱ətaḥ ’eṯ-yāḏəḵā lô wəha‘ăḇēṭ ta‘ăḇîṭennû dê maḥəsōrô ’ăšer yeḥəsar lô

Deut 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

hiššāmer ləḵā pen-yihəyeh ḏāḇār ‘im-ləḇāḇəḵā ḇəliyya‘al lē’mōr qārəḇāh šənaṯ-haššeḇa‘ šənaṯ haššəmiṭṭāh wərā‘āh ‘ênəḵā bə’āḥîḵā hā’eḇəyôn wəlō’ ṯittēn lô wəqārā’ ‘āleyḵā ’el-yəhwāh wəhāyāh ḇəḵā ḥēṭə’

Deut 15:9 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.

nāṯôn tittēn lô wəlō’-yēra‘ ləḇāḇəḵā bəṯittəḵā lô kî big̱əlal haddāḇār hazzeh yəḇāreḵəḵā yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā bəḵāl-ma‘ăśeḵā ûḇəḵōl mišəlaḥ yāḏeḵā

Deut 15:10 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.

kî lō’-yeḥədal ’eḇəyôn miqqereḇ hā’āreṣ ‘al-kēn ’ānōḵî məṣawwəḵā lē’mōr pāṯōaḥ tip̱ətaḥ ’eṯ-yāḏəḵā lə’āḥîḵā la‘ăniyyeḵā ûlə’eḇəyōnəḵā bə’arəṣeḵā

Deut 15:11 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.

kî-yimmāḵēr ləḵā ’āḥîḵā hā‘iḇərî ’ô hā‘iḇəriyyāh wa‘ăḇāḏəḵā šēš šānîm ûḇaššānāh haššəḇî‘iṯ təšalləḥennû ḥāp̱əšî mē‘immāḵ

Deut 15:12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

wəḵî-ṯəšalləḥennû ḥāp̱əšî mē‘immāḵ lō’ ṯəšalləḥennû rêqām

Deut 15:13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

ha‘ănêq ta‘ănîq lô miṣṣō’nəḵā ûmiggārənəḵā ûmiyyiqəḇeḵā ’ăšer bēraḵəḵā yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā titten-lô

Deut 15:14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

wəzāḵarətā kî ‘eḇeḏ hāyîṯā bə’ereṣ miṣərayim wayyip̱ədəḵā yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā ‘al-kēn ’ānōḵî məṣawwəḵā ’eṯ-haddāḇār hazzeh hayyôm

Deut 15:15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

wəhāyāh kî-yō’mar ’ēleyḵā lō’ ’ēṣē’ mē‘immāḵ kî ’ăhēḇəḵā wə’eṯ-bêṯeḵā kî-ṭôḇ lô ‘immāḵ

Deut 15:16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

wəlāqaḥətā ’eṯ-hammarəṣēa‘ wənāṯattāh ḇə’āzənô ûḇaddeleṯ wəhāyāh ləḵā ‘eḇeḏ ‘ôlām wə’ap̱ la’ămāṯəḵā ta‘ăśeh-kēn

Deut 15:17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

lō’-yiqəšeh ḇə‘êneḵā bəšallēḥăḵā ’ōṯô ḥāp̱əšî mē‘immāḵ kî mišəneh śəḵar śāḵîr ‘ăḇāḏəḵā šēš šānîm ûḇēraḵəḵā yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā bəḵōl ’ăšer ta‘ăśeh

Deut 15:18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

kāl-habbəḵôr ’ăšer yiwwālēḏ biḇəqārəḵā ûḇəṣō’nəḵā hazzāḵār taqədîš layhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā lō’ ṯa‘ăḇōḏ biḇəḵōr šôreḵā wəlō’ ṯāg̱ōz bəḵôr ṣō’neḵā

Deut 15:19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

lip̱ənê yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā ṯō’ḵălennû šānāh ḇəšānāh bammāqôm ’ăšer-yiḇəḥar yəhwāh ’attāh ûḇêṯeḵā

Deut 15:20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.

wəḵî-yihəyeh ḇô mûm pissēaḥ ’ô ‘iwwēr kōl mûm rā‘ lō’ ṯizəbāḥennû layhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā

Deut 15:21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.

bišə‘āreyḵā tō’ḵălennû haṭṭāmē’ wəhaṭṭāhôr yaḥədāw kaṣṣəḇî wəḵā’ayyāl

Deut 15:22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

raq ’eṯ-dāmô lō’ ṯō’ḵēl ‘al-hā’āreṣ tišəpəḵennû kammāyim

Deut 15:23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

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