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11 There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you, “Be generous to your poor brother and the needy in your land.”

12 Freeing Slaves. If a fellow Hebrew man or woman sells himself to you and serves for six years, then in the seventh year you are to set him free.[a] 13 When you release him, you are not to send him away empty-handed.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:12 Women here have the same right as men; this marks progress over Ex 21:1-6.