Deuteronomy 15:10-20

Deuteronomy 15:10-20

[10] Thou shalt surely  him, and thine heart  when thou givest  unto him: because  that for this thing  thy God  shall bless  thee in all thy works,  and in all that thou puttest  thine hand  unto. [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.  [12] And if thy brother,  an Hebrew man,  be sold  unto thee, and serve  thee six  years;  then in the seventh  year  thou shalt let him go  free  from thee. [13] And when thou sendest  him out free  from thee, thou shalt not let him go away  empty:  [14] Thou shalt furnish  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. [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.  [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; [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. [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.  [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.  [20] Thou shalt eat  it before  the LORD  thy God  year  in the place  which the LORD  shall choose,  thou and thy household.