Deuteronomy 15
15
The Year for Forgiving People What They Owe
1At the end of every seven years you must forgive people what they owe you. 2Have you made a loan to one of your own people? Then forgive what is owed to you. You can’t require that person to pay you back. The Lord’s time to forgive what is owed has been announced. 3You can require someone from another nation to pay you back. But you must forgive what any of your own people owes you. 4There shouldn’t be any poor people among you. The Lord will greatly bless you in the land he is giving you. You will take it over as your own. 5The Lord your God will bless you if you obey him completely. Be careful to follow all the commands I’m giving you today. 6The Lord your God will bless you, just as he has promised. You will lend money to many nations. But you won’t have to borrow from any of them. You will rule over many nations. But none of them will rule over you.
7Suppose someone is poor among you. And suppose they live in one of the towns in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Then don’t be mean to them. They are poor. So don’t hold back money from them. 8Instead, open your hands and lend them what they need. Do it freely. 9Be careful not to have an evil thought in your mind. Don’t say to yourself, “The seventh year will soon be here. It’s the year for forgiving people what they owe.” If you think like that, you might treat the needy people among you badly. You might not give them anything. Then they might make their appeal to the Lord against you. And he will find you guilty of sin. 10So give freely to needy people. Let your heart be tender toward them. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all your work. He will bless you in everything you do. 11There will always be poor people in the land. So I’m commanding you to give freely to those who are poor and needy in your land. Open your hands to them.
Set Your Hebrew Servants Free
12Suppose any Hebrew men or women sell themselves to you. If they do, they will serve you for six years. Then in the seventh year you must let them go free. 13But when you set them free, don’t send them away without anything to show for all their work. 14Freely give them some animals from your flock. Also give them some of your grain and wine. The Lord your God has blessed you richly. Give to them as he has given to you. 15Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. The Lord your God set you free. That’s why I’m giving you this command today.
16But suppose your servant says to you, “I don’t want to leave you.” He loves you and your family. And you are taking good care of him. 17Then take him to the door of your house. Poke a hole through his earlobe into the doorpost. And he will become your servant for life. Do the same with your female servant.
18Don’t think you are being cheated when you set your servants free. After all, they have served you for six years. The service of each of them has been worth twice as much as the service of a hired worker. And the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
Male Animals Born First to Their Mothers
19Set apart every male animal among your livestock that was born first to its mother. Set it apart to the Lord your God. Don’t put a firstborn cow to work. Don’t clip the wool from a firstborn sheep. 20Each year you and your family must eat them. Do it in front of the Lord your God at the place he will choose. 21Suppose an animal has something wrong with it. It might not be able to see or walk. Or it might have a bad flaw. Then you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. 22You must eat it in your own towns. Those who are “clean” and those who are “unclean” can eat it. Eat it as if it were antelope or deer meat. 23But you must not eat meat that still has blood in it. Pour the blood out on the ground like water.
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Deutéronome 15
15
L’année de relâche, les indigents, les esclaves. Les premiers-nés des animaux
V. 1-11: cf. (Ex 23:10, 11. Lé 25:1-7.) (Lé 25:35-38. Lu 6:34-36.)
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Ex 21:2. Jé 34:14. Tous les sept ans, tu feras relâche. 2Et voici comment s’observera le relâche. Quand on aura publié le relâche en l’honneur de l’Éternel, tout créancier qui aura fait un prêt à son prochain se relâchera de son droit, il ne pressera pas son prochain et son frère pour le paiement de sa dette. 3Tu pourras presser l’étranger; mais tu te relâcheras de ton droit pour ce qui t’appartiendra chez ton frère. 4Toutefois, il n’y aura point d’indigent chez toi, car l’Éternel te bénira dans le pays que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te fera posséder en héritage, 5pourvu seulement que tu obéisses à la voix de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, en mettant soigneusement en pratique tous ces commandements que je te prescris aujourd’hui. 6L’Éternel, ton Dieu, te bénira comme il te l’a dit, #De 28:12.tu prêteras à beaucoup de nations, et tu n’emprunteras point; tu domineras sur beaucoup de nations, et elles ne domineront point sur toi. 7S’il y a chez toi quelque indigent d’entre tes frères, dans l’une de tes portes, au pays que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne, tu n’endurciras point ton cœur et tu ne fermeras point ta main devant ton frère indigent. 8Mais tu lui ouvriras ta main, et tu lui prêteras de quoi pourvoir à ses besoins. 9Garde-toi d’être assez méchant pour dire en ton cœur: La septième année, l’année du relâche, approche! Garde-toi d’avoir un œil sans pitié pour ton frère indigent et de lui faire un refus. Il crierait à l’Éternel contre toi, et tu te chargerais d’un péché. 10#Mt 5:42. Lu 6:35.Donne-lui, et que ton cœur ne lui donne point à regret; car, à cause de cela, l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te bénira dans tous tes travaux et dans toutes tes entreprises. 11Il y aura toujours #Mt 26:11. Jn 12:8.des indigents dans le pays; c’est pourquoi je te donne ce commandement: Tu ouvriras ta main à ton frère, au pauvre et à l’indigent dans ton pays.
V. 12-18: cf. (Ex 21:1-6. Jé 34:8-17.)
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Ex 21:2. Jé 34:14. Si l’un de tes frères hébreux, homme ou femme, se vend à toi, il te servira six années; mais la septième année, tu le renverras libre de chez toi. 13Et lorsque tu le renverras libre de chez toi, tu ne le renverras point à vide; 14tu lui feras des présents de ton menu bétail, de ton aire, de ton pressoir, de ce que tu auras par la bénédiction de l’Éternel, ton Dieu. 15Tu te souviendras que tu as été esclave au pays d’Égypte, et que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’a racheté; c’est pourquoi je te donne aujourd’hui ce commandement. 16Si ton esclave te dit: Je ne veux pas sortir de chez toi, parce qu’il t’aime, toi et ta maison, et qu’il se trouve bien chez toi, 17alors tu prendras #Ex 21:6.un poinçon et tu lui perceras l’oreille contre la porte, et il sera pour toujours ton esclave. Tu feras de même pour ta servante. 18Tu ne trouveras point dur de le renvoyer libre de chez toi, car il t’a servi six ans, ce qui vaut le double du salaire d’un mercenaire; et l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te bénira dans tout ce que tu feras.
V. 19-23: cf. Ex 13:11-16. De 12:5-7.
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Ex 13:2; 22:29; 34:19. Lé 27:26. No 3:13. Tu consacreras à l’Éternel, ton Dieu, tout premier-né mâle qui naîtra dans ton gros et dans ton menu bétail. Tu ne travailleras point avec le premier-né de ton bœuf, et tu ne tondras point le premier-né de tes brebis. 20Tu le mangeras chaque année, toi et ta famille, devant l’Éternel, ton Dieu, dans le lieu qu’il choisira. 21#Lé 22:10. De 17:1.S’il a quelque défaut, s’il est boiteux ou aveugle, ou s’il a quelque autre difformité, tu ne l’offriras point en sacrifice à l’Éternel, ton Dieu. 22Tu le mangeras dans tes portes; celui qui sera impur et celui qui sera pur en mangeront l’un et l’autre, comme on mange de la gazelle et du cerf. 23#De 12:16, 23.Seulement, tu n’en mangeras pas le sang; tu le répandras sur la terre comme de l’eau.
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