22 “Certainly you must give a tithe of all the yield of your seed, ⌊which comes forth from your field year after year⌋.g 23 And you shall eat ⌊before⌋h Yahweh your God in the place that he will choose to make to dwell his name there the tithe of your grain, your wine and your olive oil and the firstling of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to revere Yahweh your God ⌊always⌋.i 24 But if ⌊the distance is too great for you⌋,j so that you are not able to transportk it, because the place that Yahweh your God will choose to set his name there, it is too far from you, when Yahweh your God will bless you, 25 then in that case ⌊you may exchange for money⌋,l and you shall takem the money to your hand and go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose. 26 You may spend the money for anything ⌊that you desire⌋,n for oxen or for sheep or for wine or for strong drink or for anything ⌊that you desire⌋,o and you shall eat it there ⌊before⌋p Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household. 27 And as to the Levite who is in your ⌊towns⌋,q you shall not neglect him, because there is not a plot of ground for him and an inheritance along with you.

28 “At the end of three years you shall bring out all of the tithe of your yield for that year, and you shall store it in your ⌊towns⌋.r 29 And so the Levite may come, because there is no plot of ground for him or an inheritance with you, and the alien also may come and the orphan and the widow that are in your ⌊towns⌋,s and ⌊they may eat their fill⌋,t so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all of the work of your hand that you undertake.”

15 “At the end of seven years you shall grant a remission of debt. 2 And this is the manner of the remission of debt: every ⌊creditor⌋a shall remit his claim that he holds against his neighbor, and he shall not exact payment from his brother because thereb a remission of debt has been proclaimed untoc Yahweh. 3 With respect to the foreigner you may exact payment, but ⌊you must remit⌋d what shall be owed to you with respect to your brother. 4 Nevertheless, theree shall not be among you a poor person, because Yahweh will certainly bless you in the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you as an inheritance, to take possession of it. 5 If only you listen well to the voice of Yahweh your God ⌊by observing diligently⌋f all of these commandmentsg that I am commanding you ⌊today⌋.h 6 When Yahweh your God has blessed you, just as he ⌊promised⌋i to you, then you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow from them, and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you. 7 If there is a poor person among you from among one of your brothers in one of your ⌊towns⌋j that Yahweh your God is giving to you, you shall not harden your heart, and you shall not shut your hand toward ⌊your brother who is poor⌋.k 8 But you shall certainly open your hand for him, and ⌊you shall willingly lend⌋l to him enough to meet his need, ⌊whatever it is⌋.m 9 ⌊Take care⌋n so that thereo will not be ⌊a thought of wickedness⌋p in your heart, ⌊saying⌋,q ‘The seventh year, the year of the remission of debt is near,’ ⌊and you view your needy neighbor with hostility⌋,r and so you do not give to him, and he might cry out against you to Yahweh, and ⌊you would incur guilt against yourself⌋.s 10 By all means you must give to him, and ⌊you must not be discontented⌋t at your giving to him, because on account of this very thing, Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and ⌊in all that you undertake⌋.u 11 For the poorv will not cease to be ⌊among you⌋w in the land; therefore I am commanding you, ⌊saying⌋,x ‘You shall willingly open your hand to your brother, to your needy and to your poor that are in your land.’

12 If your relativey who is a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman is sold to you, and he or she has served you six years, then in the seventh year you shall send that person out ⌊free⌋.z 13 And when you send him out free from you, you shall not send him away empty-handed. 14 You shall generously supply him from among your flocks and from your threshing floor and from your press; according to that with which Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him. 15 And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding you thus ⌊today⌋.a 16 And then if it will happen that he says to you, ‘⌊I do not want to go out⌋b from you,’ because he loves you and your family, because it is good for him to be with you; 17 then you shall take an awl, and you shall thrust it through his earlobe and into the door, and he shall be to you ⌊a slave forever⌋;c and you shall also do likewise for your slave woman. 18 It shall not be hard in your eyes ⌊when you send him forth free⌋,d because for six years he has served you worth twice the wage of a hired worker; and Yahweh your God will bless you ⌊in whatever you will do⌋.e