Verse of the Day: Remission of Debts

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Jan 5, 2007
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Every seventh year you shall grant a remission of debts. And this is the manner of the remission: every creditor shall remit the claim that is held against a neighbor, not exacting it of a neighbor who is a member of the community, because the Lord's remission has been proclaimed.

- Deuteronomy 15:1-2

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