Deuteronomy 15:13

+ 15:13. Deut 15:13 (Deut 15:12-15) (#8.520): Not to send away your Hebrew male servant empty handed when he goes free (see full context) When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty.

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In The King James Version

And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

In Context

12If your brother, a Hebrew [Immigrant] man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

14+ 15:14. Deut 15:14 (Deut 15:12-15, 15:16-18) (#8.521): T. To give generously to your Hebrew bond-servant who is released from your service (see full context) / R. Give your Hebrew bond-servant who is released from your service gifts when he goes free You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your wine press. As Adonai your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:21I will give this people chen ·grace· in the sight of the Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery], and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty handed.

Proverbs 3:27Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, 2 when it is in the power of your hand to do it. 1

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 15:13-19

12 And if thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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