“Furthermore, we will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
Deuteronomy 15:2 - Tree of Life Version This is how you are to cancel debts: every creditor is to release what he has loaned to his neighbor. He must not force his neighbor or his brother to repay, for Adonai’s debt cancellation has been proclaimed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, for the Lord's release is proclaimed. American Standard Version (1901) And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Jehovah’s release hath been proclaimed. Common English Bible This is how the cancellation is to be handled: Creditors will forgive the loans of their fellow Israelites. They won’t demand repayment from their neighbors or their relatives because the LORD’s year of debt cancellation has been announced. Catholic Public Domain Version which shall be celebrated according to this order. Anyone to whom anything is owed, by his friend or neighbor or brother, will not be able to request its return, because it is the year of remission of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Which shall be celebrated in this order. He to whom any thing is owing from his friend or neighbour or brother, cannot demand it again: because it is the year of remission of the Lord. |
“Furthermore, we will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
“Why have we fasted. yet You do not see? Why have we afflicted our souls, yet You take no notice?” “Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and exploit all your laborers.
When neither could repay him, he canceled both debts. So which of them will love him more?”
A foreigner you may force, but your hand is to release whatever your brother owes you.
Then Moses commanded them saying, “At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of cancelling debts, during the feast of Sukkot,
For judgment is merciless to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.