Deuteronomy 15:1-2
“At the end of every seven years you shall make a release. This is the custom of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother, because Yahweh’s release has been proclaimed.”
This passage is from the book of Deuteronomy, part of the covenant laws given to ancient Israel, likely compiled and shaped over centuries before and during their exile. It sets out instructions for how the community was to live justly together in the land Yahweh was giving them, including economic and social regulations.
What systems or practices in our modern world might genuinely embody the spirit of release and economic resetting for those burdened by debt?