Deuteronomy 15:1-5
Deuteronomy 15:1
“At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release of debts.
Deuteronomy 15:2
And this is the regulation for the release of debts: every creditor is to forgive what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not require it of his neighbor and his brother, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed.
Deuteronomy 15:3
From a foreigner you may require it, but your hand shall forgive whatever of yours is with your brother.
Deuteronomy 15:4
However, there will be no poor among you, since the Lord will certainly bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess,
Deuteronomy 15:5
if only you listen obediently to the voice of the Lord your God, to follow carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today.