Sabbatic Year

“Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.”

“Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,”

“Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.”

“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.”

“If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.”

“Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.”

“At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.”

“If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.”