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Deuteronomy 15:1

Money and wealth
At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

2 This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.

3 You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.
KJV
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
WEB
At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts.
ASV
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
DARBY
At the end of seven years thou shalt make a release,
BLB
At the end of seven years you shall grant a release.
ÅB
Hvert syvende år skal du la være et ettergivelses-år.
OTB
Ved slutten av hvert syvende år skal du gi ettergivelse av gjeld.
B1930
Hvert syvende år skal du la være et eftergivelses-år.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 31:10

    Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,

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  • Leviticus 25:2–4

    “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

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  • Exodus 23:10–11

    For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

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  • Exodus 21:2

    If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.

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  • Luke 4:18–19

    “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

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  • Isaiah 61:1–3

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

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  • Jeremiah 36:8–18

    So Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. In the house of the LORD he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.

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