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Deuteronomy 14
²⁶ You may spend the money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever your heart desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household.
²⁷ Also you shall not neglect the Levite who is in your town, for he has no portion or inheritance among you.
²⁸ "At the end of every third year you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in that year, and shall deposit it in your town.
²⁹ The Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the alien, the orphan and the widow who are in your town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
Deuteronomy 15
¹ "At the end of every seven years you shall grant a remission of debts.
² This is the manner of remission: every creditor shall release what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother, because the Lord’s remission has been proclaimed.
³ From a foreigner you may exact it, but your hand shall release whatever of yours is with your brother.
⁴ However, there will be no poor among you, since the Lord will surely bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess,
⁵ if only you listen obediently to the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today.
⁶ For the Lord your God will bless you as He has promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.
⁷ "If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;