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.