Deuteronomy 15:2
This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not require payment from his neighbor and his brother, because Yahweh’s release has been proclaimed.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- מַשֶּׁהmashsheha debt
- שְׁמִטָּהshᵉmiṭṭâhremission (of debt) or suspension of labor)
- שָׁמַטshâmaṭto fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
- נָשָׁהnâshâhto lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
- נָגַשׂnâgasto drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrann
- בַּעַלbaʻala master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modif
- רֵעַrêaʻan associate (more or less close)
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jas 2:13, Luk 7:42, Luk 6:34–38, Neh 5:7–11, Mat 18:25–35, Isa 58:3, Mat 6:14–15, Amo 8:4–6