This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed.

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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.

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And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall [a]release it; he shall not [b]require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s release.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:2 cancel the debt
  2. Deuteronomy 15:2 exact it