1. At the end of every seven years, you must forget about collecting what people owe you.
2. This is how you must do it: Everyone who has loaned money must forget the loan. He must not make his neighbor or brother pay it back. This is the Lord’s time for canceling what people owe.
3. You may make a foreigner pay what he owes you. But you must not collect what your brother owes you.
4. But there should be no poor people among you. The Lord your God will richly bless you in the land he is giving you to own.
5. He will bless you if you obey him completely. But you must be careful to obey all the commands I am giving you today.
6. The Lord your God will bless you as he promised. You will lend to other nations. But you will not need to borrow from them. You will rule over many nations. But none will rule over you.
7. There might be a poor man among you. He might be in one of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you. Do not be selfish or greedy toward your poor brother.