AT the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:1 · retained source text
¶ At the end of euery seuen yeeres thou shalt make a release.
1611 marginal noteLeuit. 25.2,4.
KJV dictionary & concordance
release
Meaning of “release”
1. To set a person free from custody or restraint. 2. To remit or cease exacting a debt or obligation. 3. The act or appointed year of such remission.
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21 occurrences18 verses6 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 15:1
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Every verse containing “release”
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord’s release.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:2 · retained source text
And this is the maner of the release: Euery creditour that lendeth ought vnto his neighbour, shall release it: hee shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother, because it is called the LORDs release.
1611 marginal noteHeb. master of the lending of his hand.
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:3 · retained source text
Of a forreiner thou mayest exact it againe: but that which is thine with thy brother, thine hand shall release.
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:9 · retained source text
Beware that there bee not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of release is at hand, and thine eye be euill against thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and hee crie vnto the LORD against thee, and it be sinne vnto thee.
1611 marginal noteHeb. word.
1611 marginal noteHeb. Belial
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 31:10 · retained source text
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of euery seuen yeeres, in the solemnitie of the yeere of release, in the feast of Tabernacles,
1611 marginal noteChap. 15.1.
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