Deuteronomy 15:1

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 the loan which he hath lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because the release year in honor of the Lord hath been proclaimed.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:10And six years shalt thou sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof;

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

Jeremiah 34:14At the end of seven years shall ye dismiss every man his brother the Hebrew, who may have been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, then shalt thou dismiss him from thee; but your fathers hearkened not unto me, and inclined not their ear.

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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