Deuteronomy 24:14 Cross References - Rotherham

¹⁴ Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant, that is poor and needy,––of thy brethren or of thy sojourners that are in thy land, within thy gates;

³⁵ And, when thy brother waxeth poor, and his hand becometh feeble with thee, then shalt thou strengthen him, as a sojourner and a settler, so shall he live with thee. ³⁶ Do not accept from him interest or profit, but stand thou in awe of thy God,––so shall thy brother live with thee. ³⁷ Thy silver, shalt thou not give him on interest,––neither, for profit, shalt thou give him thy food. ³⁸ I––Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt,––to give unto you the land of Canaan, to become your God.
³⁹ And, when thy brother waxeth poor with thee, and so selleth himself unto thee, thou shalt not bind him with the bondage of a bondman: ⁴⁰ as a hired servant, as a settler, shall he remain with thee,––until the year of the jubilee, shall he serve with thee: ⁴¹ then shall he go forth from thee, he and his sons with him,––and shall return unto his family, and, unto the possession of his fathers, shall he return. ⁴² For, my bondmen, they are, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt,––they shall not sell themselves with the sale of a bondman. ⁴³ Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour,––so shalt thou stand in awe of thy God.

¹² When thy brother, a Hebrew man (or a Hebrew woman) selleth himself unto thee, then shall he serve thee six years,––and, in the seventh year, shalt thou let him go out free, from thee; ¹³ and, when thou lettest him go out free, from thee, thou shalt not let him go out, empty: ¹⁴ thou shalt, richly load, him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing–floor, and out of thy wine–vat,––of that wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee, shalt thou give unto him; ¹⁵ and thou shalt remember, that, a servant, thou wast, in the land of Egypt, and that Yahweh thy God, redeemed thee,––for this cause, am I commanding thee this thing, today. ¹⁶ And it shall be, if he shall say unto thee, I will not go away from thee,––because he loveth thee, and thy household, because he is well off with thee, ¹⁷ then shalt thou take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, so shall he be thy servant all his life. And, unto thine handmaid also, shalt thou do thus. ¹⁸ It shall not be hard in thine eyes, when thou lettest him go out free, from thee; for, to the double of the hire of a hireling, hath he served thee, six years,––so will Yahweh thy God bless thee, in all that thou doest.

¹⁰ Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves; ¹¹ Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine–presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty;

¹³ If I refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, when they contended with me, ¹⁴ What then could I have done when GOD rose up? And, when he visited, what could I have answered him? ¹⁵ Did not he who, in the womb, made me, make him? And is not he who formed us in the body one?

³¹ The oppressor of the poor, hath reproached his Maker, but he that sheweth favour to the needy, is one who, holdeth Him in honour.

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor, to make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want.

⁷ Father and mother, have they despised in thee, To the sojourner, have they dealt with oppression, in the midst of thee,––The fatherless and the widow, have they maltreated in thee:

⁷ Who strive to bring the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and, the way of the oppressed, they pervert,––Yea, a man and his own father, go in unto the maid, to profane my holy Name!

¹ Hear ye this word, ye heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,––who say to their lords, Bring in, and let us drink!

⁴ Hear this, ye who pant after the needy, and to make an end of the oppressed of the land:

⁵ Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood,––and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.

⁷ And, in the self–same house, abide ye, eating and drinking such things as they have; for, worthy, is the labourer, of his hire: be not removing from house to house.