Deuteronomy 15:1-7

English Standard Version

The Sabbatical Year

15 “At the end of ^(A)every seven years you shall grant a release. ² And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because the Lord's release has been proclaimed. ^3 (B)Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release. ^4 (C)But there will be no poor among you; ^(D)for the Lord will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess— ^5 (E)if only you will strictly obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all this commandment that I command you today. ⁶ For the Lord your God will bless you, ^(F)as he promised you, and ^(G)you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow, and ^(H)you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

⁷ “If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, ^(I)you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother,