Deuteronomy 15:1

At the end of every seven years thou shall make a release.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it from his neighbor and his brother, because LORD's release has been proclaimed.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:10And six years thou shall sow thy land, and shall gather in the increase of it,

Deuteronomy 31:10And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

Jeremiah 34:14At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to thee, and has served thee six years. Thou shall let him go free from thee. But your fathers hearkened not to me, nor inclined the

Luke 4:18The Spirit of Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good-news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to sent forth in deliv

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 15:1

In this chapter Moses gives orders, I. Concerning the release of debts, every seventh year ( ver. 1-6 ), with a caution that this should be no hindrance to charitable lending, ver. 7-11 . II. Concerning the release of servants after seven years' service, ver. 12-18 . III. Concerning the sanctification of the firstlings of cattle to God, ver. 19 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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