Debts Canceled Every Seven Years(A)

15 “At the end of (B)every seven years you shall grant a [a]release of debts.

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  1. Deuteronomy 15:1 remission

The Year for Canceling Debts(A)

15 At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.(B)

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And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall [a]release it; he shall not [b]require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s release.

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  1. Deuteronomy 15:2 cancel the debt
  2. Deuteronomy 15:2 exact 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.

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12 So they said, “We will restore it, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say.”

Then I called the priests, (A)and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.

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12 “We will give it back,” they said. “And we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.”

Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath(A) to do what they had promised.

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