9. Watch yourself, so there is no unworthy thing in your heart saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of cancelling debts, is near,’ and your eye is evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing. Then he may call out to Adonai against you, and it will be a sin upon you.
10. You must surely give to him, and your heart is not to be grieved when you give to him—for because of this thing Adonai your God will bless you in all your work and in every undertaking of your hand.
11. “For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You must surely open your hand to your brother—to your needy and poor in your land.’
12. “If your fellow Hebrew—a man or woman—is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you are to set him free.
13. When you set him free, you are not to send him away empty-handed.
14. You are to surely provide for him from your flock and threshing floor and winepress. As Adonai your God has blessed you, you are to give to him.
15. You will remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Adonai your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding you this thing today.
16. “Now if he tells you, ‘I will not go away from you’—because he loves you and your household since he is well off with you—
17. then you are to take an awl and put it through his ear to the door, and he will be your servant forever. And to your female slave you are to do the same.
18. It should not seem hard to you when you set him free from you, for he has served you six years—double the value of a hired worker. So Adonai your God will bless you in all that you do.