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Positive commandment 141 of 248

To release debts in the seventh year

Rembrandt, Moses with the Ten Commandments (1659), Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain.

Maimonides

To release debts in the seventh year, as it is said, “Every creditor that lendeth aught to his neighbour shall release it” (Deut. 15:2).

Deuteronomy 15:2

KJV
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.
ASV
And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Jehovah’s release hath been proclaimed.
WEB
This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not require payment from his neighbor and his brother, because the LORD’s release has been proclaimed.
JPS
And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not exact it of his neighbour and his brother; because the LORD’S release hath been proclaimed.