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Deuteronomy 15:12
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10 You shall surely give to him, and ayour heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because bfor this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.  
11 For athe poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall1 open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.’  

The Law Concerning Bondservants

12 a“If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is bsold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.  
13 And when you send him away free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed;  
14 you shall supply him liberally from your flock, from your threshing floor, and from your winepress. From what the Lord your God has ablessed you with, you shall give to him.  
15 aYou shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today.  
16 aAnd if it happens that he says to you, ‘I will not go away from you,’ because he loves you and your house, since he prospers with you,  
17 then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.
18 It shall not seem hard to you when you send him away free from you; for he has been worth aa double hired servant in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all that you do.  

The Law Concerning Firstborn Animals

19 a“All the firstborn males that come from your herd and your flock you shall1 sanctify to the Lord your God; you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.  
20 aYou and your household shall eat it before the Lord your God year by year in the place which the Lord chooses.  
21 aBut if there is a defect in it, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.  
Book Notes:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

Deuteronomy

DEUTERONOMY, the second law, a title which plainly shows what is the object of this book, namely, a recapitulation of the law. It was given in the form of public addresses to the people; and as Moses spoke in the prospect of his speedy removal, he enforced obedience to it by many forcible appeals to the Israelites, concerning their long and varied experience both of the mercies and the judgments of God. The minute notices of the heathen people with whom they had come in contact, but who afterward disappeared from the pages of history, as well as the accounts of the fertility and products of Canaan, and the counsels respecting the conquest of that country, fix the date of this book and the time of its composition by the hand of Moses. The close, however, must have been added by another; and, indeed, it is supposed by some to have formed the original preface to the Book of Joshua.

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