Deuteronomy 15:11-15
Deuteronomy 15:11
For the poor will not cease to exist in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall fully open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’
Deuteronomy 15:12
“If your fellow countryman, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you for six years, but in the seventh year you shall set him free.
Deuteronomy 15:13
And when you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.
Deuteronomy 15:14
You shall give generously to him from your flock, your threshing floor, and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as the Lord your God has blessed you.
Deuteronomy 15:15
And you are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding this of you today.