Deuteronomy 15:1
Verse 1 of 23. The 15th of 34 chapters in Deuteronomy, in The Law.
1At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
2And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord’s release.
3Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
4Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
5Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
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Deuteronomy 15:1 in the World English Bible
At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts.Read Deuteronomy 15:1 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 15:1
Here is, I. A law for the relief of poor debtors, such (we may suppose) as were insolvent. Every seventh year was a year of release, in which the ground rested from being tilled and servants were discharged from their services; and, among other acts of grace, this was one, that those who had borrowed money, and had not been able to pay it before, should this year be released from it; and though, if they were able, they were…
Read Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 15:1–11: The Year of Release. (b. c. 1451.)
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