Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha TMBA
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16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, `I will not go away from thee,' because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee,
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But if your servant says to you, “I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your family and is well off with you,
17 then thou shalt take an awl and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
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then take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your female servant.
18 It shall not seem hard unto thee when thou sendest him away free from thee, for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee in serving thee six years; and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
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Do not consider it a hardship to set your servant free, because their service to you these six years has been worth twice as much as that of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.
19 "All the firstling males that come from thy herd and from thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God; thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
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Set apart for the LORD your God every firstborn male of your herds and flocks. Do not put the firstborn of your cows to work, and do not shear the firstborn of your sheep.
20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
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Each year you and your family are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose.
21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame or blind or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
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If an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates; the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck and as the hart.
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You are to eat it in your own towns. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it, as if it were gazelle or deer.
23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
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But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.
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