## Onkelos Deuteronomy Chapter 15

###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:1
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מִסּוֹף שְׁבַע שְׁנִין תַּעְבֵּד שְׁמִטְּתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
At the end of seven years, you are to make *shemitah.*


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:2
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וְדֵין פִּתְגַּם שְׁמִטְּתָא דְּתַשְׁמֵט כָּל גְּבַר מָרֵי **רְשׁוּ** דִּי יַרְשֵׁי בְּחַבְרֵיהּ לָא יִתְבַּע מִן חַבְרֵיהּ וּמִן אֲחוּהִי אֲרֵי קְרָא שְׁמִטְּתָא **קֳדָם** יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And this is the statement of *shemitah:* suspend every creditor’s hand from his loan to his neighbor; he will not claim [it] from his neighbor or his brother because it was proclaimed *shemitah* to [**before**] Adonoy.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:3
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מִן **בַּר עַמְמִין** תִּתְבַּע וְדִי יְהֵי לָךְ עִם אָחוּךְ תַּשְׁמֵט יְדָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You should demand payment from the stranger [**foreigner**], but what you have with your brother your hand will relinquish.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:4
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לְחוֹד אֲרֵי לָא יְהֵי בָךְ מִסְכֵּנָא אֲרֵי בָרָכָא יְבָרֵכִנָּךְ יְיָ בְּאַרְעָא דִּי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ אַחֲסָנָא לְמֵירְתַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
End it [poverty], so that there will be no one, destitute among you when Adonoy will surely bless you in the land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you as territory to inherit.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:5
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לְחוֹד אִם **קַבָּלָא תְקַבֵּל לְמֵימְרָא** דַּיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְמִטַּר לְמֶעְבַּד יָת כָּל תַּפְקֶדְתָּא הָדָא דִּי אֲנָא מְפַקְּדָךְ יוֹמָא דֵין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Only if you will listen to [**heed**] the voice [**word**] of Adonoy, your God, to guard to fulfill this entire *mitzvah* that I am commanding you today.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:6
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אֲרֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בָּרְכָךְ כְּמָא דִּי מַלִּיל לָךְ וְתוֹזֵף לְעַמְמִין סַגִּיאִין וְאַתְּ לָא תְזוּף וְתִשְׁלוֹט בְּעַמְמִין סַגִּיאִין וּבָךְ לָא יִשְׁלְטוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When Adonoy, your God, blesses you just as He told you, you will grant loans to nations but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but over you they will not rule.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:7
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אֲרֵי יְהֵי בָךְ מִסְכֵּנָא חַד מֵאַחָיךְ בַּחֲדָא מִקִּרְוָיךְ בְּאַרְעָךְ דַּיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ לָא תַתְקֵף יָת לִבָּךְ וְלָא תִקְפֹּץ יָת יְדָךְ מֵאֲחוּךְ מִסְכֵּנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If there should be someone destitute in your midst among one of your brothers in one of your cities, in your land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you; do not harden your heart and do not close your hand against your destitute brother.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:8
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אֶלָּא מִפְתַּח תִּפְתַּח יָת יְדָךְ לֵיהּ וְאוֹזָפָא תּוֹזְפִנֵּיהּ **כְּמִסַּת** חֶסְרוֹנֵיהּ דְּיַחֲסִיר לֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Rather, you must surely open your hand generously to him, and you must surely extend a loan to him to cover the wants [**the measure of that**] which he lacks.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:9
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אִסְתַּמַּר לָךְ דִּילְמָא יְהֵי פִתְגָּם עִם לִבָּךְ בִּרְשַׁע לְמֵימַר קְרִיבָא שַׁתָּא שְׁבִיעֲתָא שַׁתָּא דִשְׁמִטְּתָא וְתַבְאֵשׁ עֵינָךְ בְּאָחוּךְ מִסְכֵּנָא וְלָא תִתֵּן לֵיהּ וְיִקְרֵי עֲלָךְ קֳדָם יְיָ וִיהֵי בָךְ חוֹבָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Look out for yourself lest there be an evil thought in your mind, saying, ‘‘The seventh year is approaching, the *shemitah* year,’’ and you will look askance at your destitute brother and will not give him; and if he cries out concerning you to Adonoy, you will be regarded as sinful.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:10
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מִתַּן תִּתֵּן לֵיהּ וְלָא יַבְאֵשׁ לִבָּךְ בְּמִתְּנָךְ לֵיהּ אֲרֵי בְּדִיל פִּתְגָּמָא הָדֵין יְבָרֵכִנָּךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּכָל עוֹבָדָךְ וּבְכֹל אוֹשָׁטוּת יְדָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You must surely give him, and let your heart not hurt when you give him; for, as a consequence of this thing, Adonoy, your God, will bless you in all your work and in all your commerce.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:11
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אֲרֵי לָא יִפְסוֹק מִסְכֵּנָא מִגּוֹ אַרְעָא עַל כֵּן אֲנָא מְפַקְּדָךְ לְמֵימַר מִפְתַּח תִּפְתַּח יָת יְדָךְ לַאֲחוּךְ לְעַנְיָךְ וּלְמִסְכֵּנָךְ בְּאַרְעָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For the destitute will not cease to exist within the land; therefore I am commanding you saying, ‘‘Open your hand generously to your brother, to your indigent, and to your destitute in your land.’’


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:12
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אֲרֵי יִזְדַּבַּן לָךְ אֲחוּךְ בַּר יִשְׂרָאֵל אוֹ בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִפְלְחִנָּךְ שִׁית שְׁנִין וּבְשַׁתָּא שְׁבִיעֲתָא **תִּפְטְרִנֵּיהּ** בַּר חוֹרִין מֵעִמָּךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If your brother—Jew or Jewess—is sold to you and he serves you six years; then in the seventh year you are to send him free from you.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:13
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וַאֲרֵי תִפְטְרִנֵּיהּ **בַּר חוֹרִין** מֵעִמָּךְ לָא תִפְטְרִנֵּיהּ רֵיקָן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When you send him [**a**] free [**man**] from you, do not send him away empty-handed.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:14
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אַפְרָשָׁא תַפְרֵשׁ לֵיהּ מֵעָנָךְ וּמֵאִדְּרָךְ וּמִמַּעֲצַרְתָּךְ דִּי בָרְכָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ תִּתֶּן לֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You must surely present him with a severance bonus from your flocks, and from your threshing area, and your wine cellar, whatever Adonoy, your God, has blessed you with are you to give him.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:15
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וְתִדְכַּר אֲרֵי עַבְדָּא הֲוֵיתָא בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם וּפָרְקָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ עַל כֵּן אֲנָא מְפַקְּדָךְ יָת פִּתְגָּמָא הָדֵין יוֹמָא דֵין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and Adonoy, your God, redeemed you; that is why I am commanding you this matter today.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:16
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וִיהֵי אֲרֵי יֵימַר לָךְ לָא אֶפּוֹק מֵעִמָּךְ אֲרֵי רָחֲמָךְ וְיָת **אֱנַשׁ** בֵּיתָךְ אֲרֵי טַב לֵיהּ עִמָּךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Should he say to you, ‘‘I am not leaving you;’’ because he loves you and [**the members of**] your household, for he has it good with you.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:17
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וְתִסַּב יָת מַרְצְעָא וְתִתֵּן בְּאֻדְנֵיהּ וּבְדָשָׁא וִיהֵי לָךְ **עִבֵד פָּלַח** לְעָלָם וְאַף לְאַמְתָךְ תַּעְבֶּד כֵּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Take the awl and put it through his ear and the door, and he will become your perpetual slave [**ministering servant**]. And do the same to your maid-servant as well.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:18
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לָא יִקְשֵׁי בְעֵינָךְ בְּמִפְטְרָךְ יָתֵיהּ **בַּר חוֹרִין** מֵעִמָּךְ אֲרֵי **עַל חַד תְּרֵין** כַּאֲגַר אֲגִירָא פָּלְחָךְ שִׁית שְׁנִין וִיבָרֵכִנָּךְ יְיָ אֳלָהָךְ בְּכֹל דִּי תַעְבֵּד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Let it not seem difficult to you when you send him [**a**] free [**man**] from you, for double [**two for one**] the profit produced by the wage earner has he worked for you six years; and Adonoy, your God, will bless you in everything you do.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:19
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כָּל בּוּכְרָא דִּי יִתְיְלִיד בְּתוֹרָךְ וּבְעָנָךְ דִּכְרִין תַּקְדֵּשׁ קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לָא תִפְלַח בְּבוּכְרָא דְתוֹרָךְ וְלָא תֵגוֹז בּוּכְרָא דְעָנָךְ

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Every firstborn that is born in your cattle, and in your flocks—a male—you must consecrate to Adonoy, your God; you may not work with your first-born ox, or shear the first-born of your flocks.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:20
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קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ תֵּיכְלִנֵּיהּ שַׁתָּא בְשַׁתָּא בְּאַתְרָא דִּי יִתִּרְעֵי יְיָ אַתְּ **וֶאֱנַשׁ** בֵּיתָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Before Adonoy, your God, you must eat it, each year, in the place that Adonoy chooses, you and [**the members of**] your household.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:21
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וַאֲרֵי יְהֵי בֵיהּ מוּמָא חֲגִיר אוֹ עֲוִיר כֹּל מוּם בִּישׁ לָא תִכְּסִנֵּיהּ **קֳדָם** יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And if it has a blemish—if it is crippled or blind—or has any severe blemish, do not slaughter it to Adonoy, your God.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:22
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בְּקִרְוָיךְ תֵּיכְלִנֵּיהּ מְסָאָבָא וְדַכְיָא כַּחֲדָא **כִּבְסַר** טַבְיָא וְאַיְלָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
In your cities may you eat it; the ritually unclean and the clean together, like the [**meat of the**] deer and the gazelle.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 15:23
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לְחוֹד יָת דְּמֵיהּ לָא תֵיכוּל עַל אַרְעָא תִשְׁדִּנֵּיהּ כְּמַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Only, do not eat its blood; spill it like water on the ground.