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Deuteronomy 15:1

מִקֵּ֥ץ
qêts
from — an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
שֶֽׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
שָׁנִ֖ים
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שְׁמִטָּֽה
shᵉmiṭṭâh
remission (of debt) or suspension of labor)
Deuteronomy 15:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3
“At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release (remission, pardon) from debt.
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Deuteronomy 15:1New

This debt-cancellation cycle runs every seven years - distinct from Leviticus 25's fifty-year Jubilee land return, though built on the same underlying conviction that debt and poverty aren't meant to compound indefinitely across a person's whole life.

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Today's memory verse · from this session
“At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release (remission, pardon) from debt.
Deuteronomy 15:1
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