A   At the end of seuen yere thou shalt make a fre yere. And thys is the maner of þe; fre yere, whosoeuer l&ebar;deth ought &wt; hys hand vnto hys neyghbour, may not aske agayne þt; whyche he hath lent, of hys neyghbour or of his brother:

Preceptes. bicause it was called the lords fre yere yet of a straunger thou maiste call it home agayne. But ^note that which thou hast with thy brother thyne hand shal remit, ∧ that in any wyse, that there be no begger amonge you. For the Lord shall blesse the land which the Lord thy God geueth the, an enherita&ubar;ce to possesse it: so that thou herken vnto the voice of the Lord thy God, to obserue ∧ do al these c&obar;maundem&ebar;tes which I c&obar;ma&ubar;d you this day: yea, ∧ then the Lord thy God shal blesse the as he hath promised the, and ^note thou shalt lend vnto many nations, and shalte borowe of no man, and shalt raygne ouer many nations, but none shall raygne ouer the.

B   When one of thy brethren among you is waxed poore in any of thy cityes within thy land whych the Lord thy God geueth the, se þt; thou hard&ebar; not thyne hert nor shet to thine hand fr&obar; thy poore brother: But open thyne hand vnto him ∧ lende hym suffiti&ebar;te for hys nede whych he hath. And beware that there be not a poynt of05Q0293 Belial in thine hert, that thou wouldest say. The seu&ebar;th yere, the yere of fredome is at h&abar;d, ∧ therfore it greues the to loke on thy poore brother and geuest hym nought ∧ he then cry vnto the Lord againste the, and it be synue vnto the: But giue him ∧ let it not greue thine herte to giue. Bycause that for that thinge, the Lorde thy God shall blesse the in all thy workes ∧ in all that thou puttest thyne hand to. For the land shall neuer be wythout pore. Wherfore I c&obar;maund the saying: open thine hand vnto thy brother that is neady and pore in thy land.

C   If thy brother an Hebrue sel him self to the or an Hebruesse, he shal serue the syxe yere ∧ the seuenth yere thou shalt let him go fre fr&obar; the. And wh&ebar; thou sendest hym out fre from the, thou shalt not let him go away emptye: but shalt giue him of thy shepe ∧ of thi corne and of thy wine, and giue him of that wherwith the Lord thy God hath blessed the. And remembre that thou waste a seruaunt in the lande of Egypte, and the Lord thy God delyuered the thence: wherfore I commaunde the thys thyng to daye.

But and if he saye vnto the, I wyl not go awaye fr&obar; the, bicause he loueth the ∧ thyne house ∧ is well at ease with the. 05Q0294Then take a naule and nayle hys eare to the dore therewith ∧ let hym be thy seruaunte for euer and vnto thy my mayde serua&ubar;te thou shalte do likewise. D   And let him not greue thine eyes to let him go out fr&obar; the, for he hath bene worth a double hired seruaunte to the in his seruice vi. yeres. And the Lord thy God shall blesse the in al that thou doest.

Al the first borne that come of thine oxen ∧ of thy shepe that are males, thou shalt halowe vnto the lord thy God. Thou shalt do no seruice wyth the fyrst borne of thy shepe: but shalt eat them before the Lorde thy God yere by yere in the place which þe; Lord hath chosen both thou ∧ thine housholde. If there be any deformitie therin, whether it be lame or blynde, or whatsoeuer euyll fauerdenesse it hath, thou shalt not offer it vnto the Lorde thy God: But shalt eat it in thine own cytye the05Q0295 vncleane ∧ the cleane indifferently, as the roo and the herte. Onelye eate not the bloud therof, but purge it vpon the grounde as water.

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