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And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: [as] a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

      ³⁶ Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

      ³⁷ Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

      ³⁸ I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.

      ³⁹ And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.

      ⁴⁰ As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee:

      ⁴¹ then shall he go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

      ⁴² For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

      ⁴³ Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

      ⁴⁴ And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

      ⁴⁵ Moreover of the children of the strangers that sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land: and they shall be your possession.

      ⁴⁶ And ye shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall ye take your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor.

      ⁴⁷ And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger [or] sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family;

      ⁴⁸ after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him;

      ⁴⁹ or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxed rich, he may redeem himself.

      ⁵⁰ And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.

      ⁵¹ If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

      ⁵² And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.

      ⁵³ As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

      ⁵⁴ And if he be not redeemed by these [means], then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.

      ⁵⁵ For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

      Chapter 26

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      ¹ Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.

      ² Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.

      ³ If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

      ⁴ then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

      ⁵ And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

      ⁶ And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

      ⁷ And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

      ⁸ And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

      ⁹ And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.

      ¹⁰ And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old because of the new.

      ¹¹ And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

      ¹² And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

      ¹³ I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.

      ¹⁴ But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

      ¹⁵ and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhor mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant;

      ¹⁶ I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

      ¹⁷ And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

      ¹⁸ And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.

      ¹⁹ And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;

      ²⁰ and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

      ²¹ And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

      ²² And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.

      ²³ And if by these things ye will not be reformed unto me, but will walk contrary unto me;

      ²⁴ then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.

      ²⁵ And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

      ²⁶ When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

      ²⁷ And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

      ²⁸ then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.

      ²⁹ And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

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