Deuteronomy 14 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Deuteronomy 15

¹At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts.

KJVAt the end^H7093 of every seven^H7651 years^H8141 thou shalt make^H6213^(H8799) a release^H8059.

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 Yahweh’s release has been proclaimed.

KJVAnd this is the manner^H1697 of the release^H8059: Every creditor^H1167^H4874^H3027 that lendeth^H5383^(H8686) ought unto his neighbour^H7453 shall release^H8058^(H8800) it; he shall not exact^H5065^(H8799) it of his neighbour^H7453, or of his brother^H251; because it is called^H7121^(H8804) the LORD'S^H3068 release^H8059.

³ Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand shall release.

KJVOf a foreigner^H5237 thou mayest exact^H5065^(H8799) it again: but that which is thine with thy brother^H251 thine hand^H3027 shall release^H8058^(H8686);

⁴ However there will be no poor with you (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess)

KJVSave^H657 when there shall be no poor^H34 among you; for the LORD^H3068 shall greatly^H1288^(H8763) bless^H1288^(H8762) thee in the land^H776 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee for an inheritance^H5159 to possess^H3423^(H8800) it:

⁵ if only you diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you today.

KJVOnly if thou carefully^H8085^(H8800) hearken^H8085^(H8799) unto the voice^H6963 of the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, to observe^H8104^(H8800) to do^H6213^(H8800) all these commandments^H4687 which I command^H6680^(H8764) thee this day^H3117.

⁶ For Yahweh 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.

KJVFor the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 blesseth^H1288^(H8765) thee, as he promised^H1696^(H8765) thee: and thou shalt lend^H5670^(H8689) unto many^H7227 nations^H1471, but thou shalt not borrow^H5670^(H8799); and thou shalt reign^H4910^(H8804) over many^H7227 nations^H1471, but they shall not reign^H4910^(H8799) over thee.

⁷ If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

KJVIf there be among you a poor man^H34 of one^H259 of thy brethren^H251 within any^H259 of thy gates^H8179 in thy land^H776 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee, thou shalt not harden^H553^(H8762) thine heart^H3824, nor shut^H7092^(H8799) thine hand^H3027 from thy poor^H34 brother^H251:

⁸ but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.

KJVBut thou shalt open^H6605^(H8799) thine hand^H3027 wide^H6605^(H8800) unto him, and shalt surely^H5670^(H8687) lend^H5670^(H8686) him sufficient^H1767 for his need^H4270, in that which he wanteth^H2637^(H8799).

⁹ Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

KJVBeware^H8104^(H8734) that there be not a thought^H1697 in thy wicked^H1100 heart^H3824, saying^H559^(H8800), The seventh^H7651 year^H8141, the year^H8141 of release^H8059, is at hand^H7126^(H8804); and thine eye^H5869 be evil^H7489^(H8804) against thy poor^H34 brother^H251, and thou givest^H5414^(H8799) him nought; and he cry^H7121^(H8804) unto the LORD^H3068 against thee, and it be sin^H2399 unto thee.

¹⁰ You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.

KJVThou shalt surely^H5414^(H8800) give^H5414^(H8799) him, and thine heart^H3824 shall not be grieved^H3415^(H8799) when thou givest^H5414^(H8800) unto him: because^H1558 that for this thing^H1697 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall bless^H1288^(H8762) thee in all thy works^H4639, and in all that thou puttest^H4916 thine hand^H3027 unto.

¹¹ For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

KJVFor the poor^H34 shall never cease^H2308^(H8799) out of^H7130 the land^H776: therefore I command^H6680^(H8764) thee, saying^H559^(H8800), Thou shalt open^H6605^(H8799) thine hand^H3027 wide^H6605^(H8800) unto thy brother^H251, to thy poor^H6041, and to thy needy^H34, in thy land^H776.

¹² If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

KJVAnd if thy brother^H251, an Hebrew man^H5680, or an Hebrew woman^H5680, be sold^H4376^(H8735) unto thee, and serve^H5647^(H8804) thee six^H8337 years^H8141; then in the seventh^H7637 year^H8141 thou shalt let him go^H7971^(H8762) free^H2670 from thee.

¹³ When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty.

KJVAnd when thou sendest^H7971^(H8762) him out free^H2670 from thee, thou shalt not let him go away^H7971^(H8762) empty^H7387:

¹⁴ You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your wine press. As Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.

KJVThou shalt furnish^H6059^(H8686) him liberally^H6059^(H8687) out of thy flock^H6629, and out of thy floor^H1637, and out of thy winepress^H3342: of that wherewith the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath blessed^H1288^(H8765) thee thou shalt give^H5414^(H8799) unto him.

¹⁵ You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you. Therefore I command you this thing today.

KJVAnd thou shalt remember^H2142^(H8804) that thou wast a bondman^H5650 in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, and the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 redeemed^H6299^(H8799) thee: therefore I command^H6680^(H8764) thee this thing^H1697 to day^H3117.

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,

KJVAnd it shall be, if he say^H559^(H8799) unto thee, I will not go away^H3318^(H8799) from thee; because he loveth^H157^(H8804) thee and thine house^H1004, because he is well^H2895^(H8804) with thee;

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.

KJVThen thou shalt take^H3947^(H8804) an aul^H4836, and thrust^H5414^(H8804) it through his ear^H241 unto the door^H1817, and he shall be thy servant^H5650 for ever^H5769. And also unto thy maidservant^H519 thou shalt do^H6213^(H8799) 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. Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.

KJVIt shall not seem hard^H7185^(H8799) unto thee^H5869, when thou sendest him away^H7971^(H8763) free^H2670 from thee; for he hath been worth^H7939 a double^H4932 hired servant^H7916 to thee, in serving^H5647^(H8804) thee six^H8337 years^H8141: and the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall bless^H1288^(H8765) thee in all that thou doest^H6213^(H8799).

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

KJVAll the firstling^H1060 males^H2145 that come^H3205^(H8735) of thy herd^H1241 and of thy flock^H6629 thou shalt sanctify^H6942^(H8686) unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430: thou shalt do no work^H5647^(H8799) with the firstling^H1060 of thy bullock^H7794, nor shear^H1494^(H8799) the firstling^H1060 of thy sheep^H6629.

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

KJVThou shalt eat^H398^(H8799) it before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 year^H8141 by year^H8141 in the place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 shall choose^H977^(H8799), thou and thy household^H1004.

²¹ If it has any defect—is lame or blind, or has any defect whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.

KJVAnd if there be any blemish^H3971 therein, as if it be lame^H6455, or blind^H5787, or have any ill^H7451 blemish^H3971, thou shalt not sacrifice^H2076^(H8799) it unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430.

²² You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the deer.

KJVThou shalt eat^H398^(H8799) it within thy gates^H8179: the unclean^H2931 and the clean^H2889 person shall eat it alike^H3162, as the roebuck^H6643, and as the hart^H354.

²³ Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.

KJVOnly thou shalt not eat^H398^(H8799) the blood^H1818 thereof; thou shalt pour^H8210^(H8799) it upon the ground^H776 as water^H4325.

WEB·Deuteronomy 14

¹You are the children of Yahweh your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

KJVYe are the children^H1121 of the LORD^H3068 your God^H430: ye shall not cut^H1413^(H8704) yourselves, nor make^H7760^(H8799) any baldness^H7144 between your eyes^H5869 for the dead^H4191^(H8801).

² For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

KJVFor thou art an holy^H6918 people^H5971 unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, and the LORD^H3068 hath chosen^H977^(H8804) thee to be a peculiar^H5459 people^H5971 unto himself, above all the nations^H5971 that are upon^H6440 the earth^H127.

³ You shall not eat any abominable thing.

KJVThou shalt not eat^H398^(H8799) any abominable thing^H8441.

⁴ These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

KJVThese are the beasts^H929 which ye shall eat^H398^(H8799): the ox^H7794, the sheep^H7716^H3775, and the goat^H5795,

⁵ the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the chamois.

KJVThe hart^H354, and the roebuck^H6643, and the fallow deer^H3180, and the wild goat^H689, and the pygarg^H1788, and the wild ox^H8377, and the chamois^H2169.

⁶ Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

KJVAnd every beast^H929 that parteth^H6536^(H8688) the hoof^H6541, and cleaveth^H8157 the cleft^H8156^(H8802) into two^H8147 claws^H6541, and cheweth^H5927^(H8688) the cud^H1625 among the beasts^H929, that ye shall eat^H398^(H8799).

⁷ Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you.

KJVNevertheless these ye shall not eat^H398^(H8799) of them that chew^H5927^(H8688) the cud^H1625, or of them that divide^H6536^(H8688) the cloven^H8156^(H8803) hoof^H6541; as the camel^H1581, and the hare^H768, and the coney^H8227: for they chew^H5927^(H8688) the cud^H1625, but divide^H6536^(H8689) not the hoof^H6541; therefore they are unclean^H2931 unto you.

⁸ The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses.

KJVAnd the swine^H2386, because it divideth^H6536^(H8688) the hoof^H6541, yet cheweth not the cud^H1625, it is unclean^H2931 unto you: ye shall not eat^H398^(H8799) of their flesh^H1320, nor touch^H5060^(H8799) their dead carcase^H5038.

⁹ These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat whatever has fins and scales.

KJVThese ye shall eat^H398^(H8799) of all that are in the waters^H4325: all that have fins^H5579 and scales^H7193 shall ye eat^H398^(H8799):

¹⁰ You shall not eat whatever doesn’t have fins and scales. It is unclean to you.

KJVAnd whatsoever hath not fins^H5579 and scales^H7193 ye may not eat^H398^(H8799); it is unclean^H2931 unto you.

¹¹ Of all clean birds you may eat.

KJVOf all clean^H2889 birds^H6833 ye shall eat^H398^(H8799).

¹² But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,

KJVBut these are they of which ye shall not eat^H398^(H8799): the eagle^H5404, and the ossifrage^H6538, and the ospray^H5822,

¹³ the red kite, the falcon, the kite of any kind,

KJVAnd the glede^H7201, and the kite^H344, and the vulture^H1772 after his kind^H4327,

¹⁴ every raven of any kind,

KJVAnd every raven^H6158 after his kind^H4327,

¹⁵ the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any kind,

KJVAnd the owl^H1323^H3284, and the night hawk^H8464, and the cuckow^H7828, and the hawk^H5322 after his kind^H4327,

¹⁶ the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl,

KJVThe little owl^H3563, and the great owl^H3244, and the swan^H8580,

¹⁷ the pelican, the vulture, the cormorant,

KJVAnd the pelican^H6893, and the gier eagle^H7360, and the cormorant^H7994,

¹⁸ the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

KJVAnd the stork^H2624, and the heron^H601 after her kind^H4327, and the lapwing^H1744, and the bat^H5847.

¹⁹ All winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten.

KJVAnd every creeping thing^H8318 that flieth^H5775 is unclean^H2931 unto you: they shall not be eaten^H398^(H8735).

²⁰ Of all clean birds you may eat.

KJVBut of all clean^H2889 fowls^H5775 ye may eat^H398^(H8799).

²¹ You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

KJVYe shall not eat^H398^(H8799) of any thing that dieth of itself^H5038: thou shalt give^H5414^(H8799) it unto the stranger^H1616 that is in thy gates^H8179, that he may eat^H398^(H8804) it; or thou mayest sell^H4376^(H8800) it unto an alien^H5237: for thou art an holy^H6918 people^H5971 unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430. Thou shalt not seethe^H1310^(H8762) a kid^H1423 in his mother's^H517 milk^H2461.

²² You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year.

KJVThou shalt truly^H6237^(H8763) tithe^H6237^(H8762) all the increase^H8393 of thy seed^H2233, that the field^H7704 bringeth forth^H3318^(H8802) year^H8141 by year^H8141.

²³ You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he chooses to cause his name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always.

KJVAnd thou shalt eat^H398^(H8804) before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, in the place^H4725 which he shall choose^H977^(H8799) to place^H7931^(H8763) his name^H8034 there, the tithe^H4643 of thy corn^H1715, of thy wine^H8492, and of thine oil^H3323, and the firstlings^H1062 of thy herds^H1241 and of thy flocks^H6629; that thou mayest learn^H3925^(H8799) to fear^H3372^(H8800) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 always^H3117.

²⁴ If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it because the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to set his name there is too far from you, when Yahweh your God blesses you,

KJVAnd if the way^H1870 be too long^H7235^(H8799) for thee, so that^H3588 thou art not able^H3201^(H8799) to carry^H5375^(H8800) it; or if the place^H4725 be too far^H7368^(H8799) from thee, which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall choose^H977^(H8799) to set^H7760^(H8800) his name^H8034 there, when the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath blessed^H1288^(H8762) thee:

²⁵ then you shall turn it into money, bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose.

KJVThen shalt thou turn^H5414^(H8804) it into money^H3701, and bind up^H6696^(H8804) the money^H3701 in thine hand^H3027, and shalt go^H1980^(H8804) unto the place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall choose^H977^(H8799):

²⁶ You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires: for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you. You shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

KJVAnd thou shalt bestow^H5414^(H8804) that money^H3701 for whatsoever thy soul^H5315 lusteth after^H183^(H8762), for oxen^H1241, or for sheep^H6629, or for wine^H3196, or for strong drink^H7941, or for whatsoever thy soul^H5315 desireth^H7592^(H8799): and thou shalt eat^H398^(H8804) there before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, and thou shalt rejoice^H8055^(H8804), thou, and thine household^H1004,

²⁷ You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

KJVAnd the Levite^H3881 that is within thy gates^H8179; thou shalt not forsake^H5800^(H8799) him; for he hath no part^H2506 nor inheritance^H5159 with thee.

²⁸ At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates.

KJVAt the end^H7097 of three^H7969 years^H8141 thou shalt bring forth^H3318^(H8686) all the tithe^H4643 of thine increase^H8393 the same year^H8141, and shalt lay it up^H3240^(H8689) within thy gates^H8179:

²⁹ The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

KJVAnd the Levite^H3881,(because he hath no part^H2506 nor inheritance^H5159 with thee,) and the stranger^H1616, and the fatherless^H3490, and the widow^H490, which are within thy gates^H8179, shall come^H935^(H8804), and shall eat^H398^(H8804) and be satisfied^H7646^(H8804); that the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 may bless^H1288^(H8762) thee in all the work^H4639 of thine hand^H3027 which thou doest^H6213^(H8799).

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