Deuteronomy 15:1-3

1599 Geneva Bible

15 1 The year of [releasing] of debts. 5 God blesseth them that keep his commandments. 7 To help the poor. 12 The freedom of servants. 19 The firstborn of the cattle must be offered to the Lord.

¹ At the term of seven years thou shalt make a freedom,

² And this is the manner of the freedom: every ^[a]creditor shall quit the loan of his hand which he hath lent to his neighbor: he shall not ask it again of his neighbor, nor of his brother: for the year of the Lord’s freedom is proclaimed.

³ Of a stranger thou mayest require it: but that which thou hast with thy brother, thine hand shall remit: