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Deuteronomy 15:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for he has been double the value of a hired hand as he served you six years. The LORD your God will bless you in all that you do. "

Deuteronomy 15:18

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16 It shall be, if he tells you, “I will not go out from you,” because he loves you and your house, because he is well 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. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.

18 It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for he has been double the value of a hired hand as he served you six years. The LORD your God will bless you in all that you do.

19 You shall dedicate all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock to the LORD your God. You shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

20 You shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household.

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Exodus 21:2

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"“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything."

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Leviticus 25:40

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"As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee."

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Leviticus 25:53

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"As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight."

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Jeremiah 34:14

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"At the end of seven years, every man of you shall release his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years. You shall let him go free from you. But your fathers didn’t listen to me, and didn’t incline their ear."

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Deuteronomy 12:12

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"You shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you."

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Deuteronomy 7:13

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"He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you."

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Deuteronomy 15:1

"At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts."

Deuteronomy 15:2

"This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not require payment from his neighbor and his brother, because the LORD’s release has been proclaimed."

Deuteronomy 15:3

"Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand shall release."

Deuteronomy 15:4

"However there will be no poor with you (for the LORD will surely bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess)"

Deuteronomy 15:5

"if only you diligently listen to the LORD your God’s voice, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you today."

Deuteronomy 15:6

"For the LORD your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you."

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