Deuteronomy 15:12-15

The Sabbatical Year

¹² _z "If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold ₁ to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. ¹³ And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed. ¹⁴ You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress. _a As the Lord your God has blessed you, you shall give to him. ¹⁵ _b You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today.

1. Cross References
   Exodus 21:2
   When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.
   Jeremiah 34:14
   At the end of seven years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; you must set him free from your service.' But your fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me.
   Leviticus 25:39 - 41
   If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 8:18
   You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
   Deuteronomy 16:17
   Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.
   
3. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 5:15
   You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.