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An adult hesitates beside stored grain while a neighbor waits at the open gate.
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Deuteronomy 15:9

Do Not Withhold as Release Draws Near

Release Debts, Open Your Hand, and Send Servants Free · Deuteronomy 15

Story guide: A waiting neighbor and withheld grain show the danger of refusing help as release approaches.

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9Be careful lest there be in your heart a wicked thought, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is near,’ and your eye be evil toward your poor brother and you give him nothing; then he may cry out against you to Yahweh, and it will be sin in you.

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