2. This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person; he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite, for it is to be recognized as “the Lord’s cancellation of debts.”
3. You may exact payment from a foreigner, but whatever your fellow Israelite owes you, you must remit.
4. However, there should not be any poor among you, for the Lord will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,