¹⁰ By all means you must give to him, and you must not be discontented^[a] 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.^{[b] 11} For the poor^[c] will not cease to be among you^[d] in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying,^[e] ‘You shall willingly open your hand to your brother, to your needy and to your poor that are in your land.’

¹² If your relative^[f] 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.^[g]