Deuteronomy 15:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 The land will never lack for needy persons; that is why I command you: “Open your hand freely to your poor and to your needy kin in your land.”(A)
Hebrew Slaves. 12 (B)If your kin, a Hebrew man or woman, sells himself or herself to you, he or she is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year you shall release him or her as a free person. 13 (C)When you release a male from your service, as a free person, you shall not send him away empty-handed,
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