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33 lines
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# not to have a wicked thought in your heart, saying
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"not to think a wicked thought"
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# The seventh year, the year of release, is near
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It is implied that because the year of release will happen soon, the person thinking this will be reluctant to help a poor person since it is likely that the poor person will not have to pay him back.
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# The seventh year
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The word "seventh" is the ordinal number for seven.
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# the year of release
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"the year to cancel debts"
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# is near
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"will happen soon"
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# so that you will not be stingy in regard to your poor brother and give him nothing
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"so that you are not stubborn and refuse to give anything to your fellow Israelite"
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# cry out to Yahweh
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"shout to Yahweh for help"
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# it would be sin for you
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"Yahweh will consider what you have done to be sinful"
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