Deuteronomy 15:2

And this is the manner of the release Lit. the wordor law(or as we might say text) of: cp. Deuteronomy 19:4 R.V. this is the case of. The following clause is a citation of an older law, as we see further from its phrasing.

every creditor Lit. every owner(ba-alcp. Exodus 22:14) of a loan of his hand, of anything he has liftedor made overat his own hand.

neighbour Heb. rçă-, very seldom used with the Sg. address for fellow-Israelite, and possibly always, as here, in quotations, Deuteronomy 19:4 f., Deuteronomy 23:24 f., Deuteronomy 24:10. The synonymous term, brother, is used by the writer of the Sg. about 25 times, and has probably been inserted by him in this citation (Steuern.).

the Lord's release by His order, or for His sake.

hath been proclaimed which shows that this year is the same for the whole nation.