The Scriptures 1998

Deuteronomy 15:13-23 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

13. “And when you send him away free from you, let him not go away empty-handed.

14. “You shall richly supply him from your flock, and from your threshing-floor, and from your winepress. With that which יהוה has blessed you with, give to him.

15. “And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Mitsrayim, and יהוה your Elohim redeemed you. Therefore I am commanding you this word today.

16. “And it shall be, when he says to you, ‘I do not go away from you,’ because he loves you and your house, because it is good for him with you,

17. then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Do the same to your female servant.

18. “Let it not be hard in your eyes when you send him away free from you, for he has been worth a double hired servant in serving you six years. And יהוה your Elohim shall bless you in all that you do.

19. “Set apart to יהוה your Elohim all the first-born males that come from your herd and your flock. Do no work with the first-born of your herd, nor shear the first-born of your flock.

20. “You and your household are to eat it before יהוה your Elohim year by year in the place which יהוה chooses.

21. “But when there is any defect in it, lame or blind, or has any evil defect, do not slaughter it to יהוה your Elohim.

22. “Eat it within your gates – the unclean and the clean alike – as the gazelle, and as the deer.

23. “Only, do not eat its blood, pour it on the ground like water.