For the land shall never be
without poor. Wherefore I command thee saying: open thine hand
unto thy brother that is needy and poor in thy land. If thy
brother an Hebrew sell himself to thee, or an Hebrewess, he shall
serve thee six years and the seventh year thou shalt let him go
free from thee. And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou
shalt not let him go away empty: but shalt give him of thy sheep
and of thy corn and of thy wine, and give him of that wherewith
the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. And remember that thou wast a
servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God delivered thee
thence: wherefore I command thee this thing today. But and if he
say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loveth
thee and thine house and is well at ease with thee. Then take an
awl and nail his ear to the door therewith and let him be thy
servant forever, and unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
And let it not grieve thine eyes to let him go out from thee, for
he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee in his service
six years. And the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou
doest. All the firstborn that come of thine oxen and of thy sheep
that are males, thou shalt hallow unto the LORD thy God.
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