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1 At the end of seven years you shall grant a release. 2 And this is the form of the release: Every owner of a loan shall release his hand of that he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called a release unto YHWH. 3 Of a foreigner you may require it, and that which is owed by your brother your hand shall release. 4 The end is, however, that there shall be among you no poor, for YHWH will greatly bless you in the land that YHWH your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess— 5 only if you listen carefully to the voice of YHWH your God, with care to observe all this command that I command you today. 6 For YHWH your God will bless you as He has spoken to you, and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow; and you shall reign over many nations, and over you they shall not reign. 7 If there is among you a poor man of one of your brothers within one of the gates in your land that YHWH your God is giving to you, you shall not strengthen your heart and not shut your hand from your poor brother. 8 But you shall surely open your hand to him, and you shall freely loan him what is sufficient for his need, whatever is lacking unto him. Deuteronomy 15:1-8, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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