Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 15:1 
Context15:1 At the end of every seven years you must declare a cancellation 1 of debts.
Deuteronomy 27:14
Context27:14 “The Levites will call out to every Israelite 2 with a loud voice:
Deuteronomy 28:42
Context28:42 Whirring locusts 3 will take over every tree and all the produce of your soil.
1 tn The Hebrew term שְׁמִטָּת (shÿmittat), a derivative of the verb שָׁמַט (shamat, “to release; to relinquish”), refers to the cancellation of the debt and even pledges for the debt of a borrower by his creditor. This could be a full and final remission or, more likely, one for the seventh year only. See R. Wakely, NIDOTTE 4:155-60. Here the words “of debts” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied. Cf. NAB “a relaxation of debts”; NASB, NRSV “a remission of debts.”
2 tn Heb “Israelite man.”
3 tn The Hebrew term denotes some sort of buzzing or whirring insect; some have understood this to be a type of locust (KJV, NIV, CEV), but other insects have also been suggested: “buzzing insects” (NAB); “the cricket” (NASB); “the cicada” (NRSV).
