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what current economic systems might make it harder or easier to live out this command?

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Deuteronomy 15:1-2

“At the end of every seven years you shall make a release. 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 and his brother, because Yahweh’s release has been proclaimed.”

This passage is part of the law given through Moses to the Israelites as they prepared to enter the Promised Land. It's a command establishing a regular practice of debt cancellation, aiming to prevent perpetual indebtedness and ensure economic fairness within the community.

What personal or communal systems in your life might benefit from a regular 'release' or reset?

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Read alongside it

Leviticus 25:10
Describes the Jubilee year, a larger scale release of land and debt every fifty years.
Nehemiah 5:10-11
Illustrates how leaders in a later period addressed issues of debt and oppression among their people.
Matthew 6:12
Jesus teaches his disciples to pray for forgiveness of debts, connecting economic and spiritual release.

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