Deuteronomy 15:2

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Summary

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.

Creditor that lendeth

General references

Deuteronomy 31:10

Bible References

Creditor that lendeth

And my heart will take counsel to me, and I shall contend with the nobles and the prefects, and say to them, Ye impose a debt each upon his brother. And I shall give a great convocation against them.

For what did we fast, and thou sawest not? we humbled our soul and thou wilt not know? Behold, in the day of your fasting ye will find desire, and ye will exact all your labors.

Hear this, ye, panting after the needy, to cause the humble of the, land to cease.

And let go to us our debts, as we let go to our debtors.

And he not having to give back, his lord ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children, and all which he had also to be given back.

And if ye lend of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace is to you? for also the sinful lend to the sinful, that they might receive back the like things.

And they not having to pay, he bestowed as a gift upon both. Which of them therefore will love him the more? Say thou.

For unpropitiated judgment to him not doing mercy; and mercy boasteth against judgment.

General references

And Moses commanded them, saying, From the end of seven years, in the appointment of the year of remission in the festival of tents,