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The Sabbatical Year

15 At the end of seven years grant a release.[a]

This is how the release is to be done: Every creditor is to release[b] what he has loaned to his neighbor. He must not exact it from his neighbor or from his brother Israelite, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed. You may exact it from a foreigner, but your hand is to release whatever your brother Israelite owes you.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:1 That is, a remission of debt
  2. Deuteronomy 15:2 Or forgive
  3. Deuteronomy 15:3 It is not certain if the creditor is to forgive the debt permanently or to suspend repayment during the year in which there is no harvest.