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Deuteronomy 15:1

Money and wealth
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

2 And 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.

3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;

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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

    And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

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  • Leviticus 25:2–4

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

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  • Exodus 23:10–11

    And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

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  • Exodus 21:2

    If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

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  • Luke 4:18–19

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

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  • Isaiah 61:1–3

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

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  • Jeremiah 36:8–18

    And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD’s house.

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