He<n id="1" /> commanded them: &#8220;At the end of seven years, at the appointed time of the cancellation of debts,<n id="2" /> at the Feast of Temporary Shelters,<n id="3" />

This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person;<n id="1" /> he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite,<n id="2" /> for it is to be recognized as &#8220;the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s cancellation of debts.&#8221;

Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude<n id="1" /> be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite<n id="2" /> and you do not lend<n id="3" /> him anything; he will cry out to the <sc>Lordsc> against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.<n id="4" />