H9002–/וְ–v

This is how it is to be done: every creditor is to give up his right to whatever he has let his neighbour have; he is not to make his neighbour, his countryman, give it back; because a general forgiveness has been ordered by the Lord.

וְזֶה֮ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

A man of another nation may be forced to make payment of his debt, but if your brother has anything of yours, let it go;

וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר (וַ) va. “and”

For the Lord your God will give you his blessing as he has said: you will let other nations have the use of your money, but you will not make use of theirs; you will be rulers over a number of nations, but they will not be your rulers.

וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְךָ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.

וְהַעֲבֵט֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you,

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְכֹ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

If one of your countrymen, a Hebrew man or woman, becomes your servant for a price and does work for you six years, in the seventh year let him go free.

וּבַשָּׁנָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And when you make him free, do not let him go away with nothing in his hands:

וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But give him freely from your flock and from your grain and your wine: in the measure of the wealth which the Lord your God has given you, you are to give to him.

וּמִֽגָּרְנְךָ֖ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִיִּקְבֶ֑ךָ (וּ) u. “and”

But if he says to you, I have no desire to go away from you; because you and your family are dear to him and he is happy with you;

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.

וּבַדֶּ֔לֶת (וּ) u. “and”וְאַ֥ף (וְ) ve. “and”

All the first males to come to birth in your herd and your flock are to be holy to the Lord your God: the first birth of your ox is not to be used for work, the wool of your first lamb is not to be cut.

וּבְצֹֽאנְךָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But year by year you and all your house are to take a meal of it before the Lord, in the place of his selection.

וּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

But if it has any mark on it, if it is blind or has damaged legs, or if there is anything wrong with it, it may not be offered to the Lord your God.

וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

It may be used for food in your houses: the unclean and the clean may take of it, as of the gazelle and the roe.

וְהַטָּהוֹר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָאַיָּֽל׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Passover offering, from your flock or your herd, is to be given to the Lord your God in the place marked out by him as the resting-place of his name.

וּבָקָ֑ר (וּ) u. “and”

For seven days let no leaven be used through all your land; and nothing of the flesh which is put to death in the evening of the first day is to be kept through the night till morning.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For six days let your food be unleavened bread; and on the seventh day there is to be a holy meeting to the Lord your God; no work is to be done.

וּבַיּ֣וֹם (וּ) u. “and”

Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are livi

וּבִנְךָ֣ (וּ) u. “and”וּבִתֶּךָ֮ (וּ) u. “and”וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲמָתֶךָ֒ (וַ) va. “and”וְהַלֵּוִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגֵּ֛ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיָּת֥וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

You are to keep the feast of tents for seven days after you have got in all your grain and made your wine:

וּמִיִּקְבֶֽךָ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.

וּבִנְךָ֤ (וּ) u. “and”וּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (וַ) va. “and”וְהַלֵּוִ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגֵּ֛ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיָּת֥וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Keep the feast to the Lord your God for seven days, in the place marked out by the Lord: because the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all the produce of your land and all the work of your hands, and you will have nothing but joy.

וּבְכֹל֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord your God in the place named by him; at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents: and they are not to come before the Lord with nothing in their hands;

וּבְחַ֥ג (וּ) u. “and”וּבְחַ֣ג (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֧א (וְ) ve. “and”