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And this is the manner of the remission of debt: every creditor[a] shall remit his claim that he holds against his neighbor, and he shall not exact payment from his brother because there[b] a remission of debt has been proclaimed unto[c] Yahweh. With respect to the foreigner you may exact payment, but you must remit[d] what shall be owed to you with respect to your brother. Nevertheless, there[e] shall not be among you a poor person, because Yahweh will certainly bless you in the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you as an inheritance, to take possession of it.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:2 Literally “owner of the loan of his hand”
  2. Deuteronomy 15:2 Hebrew “it”
  3. Deuteronomy 15:2 Hebrew “for”
  4. Deuteronomy 15:3 Literally “your hand shall remit”
  5. Deuteronomy 15:4 Hebrew “it”

This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. You may require payment from a foreigner,(A) but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you. However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless(B) you,

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