^31:10He⁶ commanded them: “At the end of seven years, at the appointed time of the cancellation of debts,⁷ at the Feast of Temporary Shelters,⁸^31:11when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them⁹ within their hearing.

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Footnotes

6 Heb “Moses.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7 The Hebrew term שְׁמִטָּה (shémittah), a derivative of the verb שָׁמַט (shamat, “to release; to relinquish”), refers to the procedure whereby debts of all fellow Israelites were to be canceled. Since the Feast of Tabernacles celebrated God’s own deliverance of and provision for his people, this was an appropriate time for Israelites to release one another. See note on this word at .
8 The Hebrew phrase [הַסֻּכּוֹת חַג] ([khag] hassukot, “[festival of] huts” [or “shelters”]) is traditionally known as the Feast of Tabernacles. See note on the name of the festival in . For the regulations on this annual festival see Deut 16:13–15.
9 Heb “before all Israel.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the set time in the year of release, at the Feast of Booths, when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Moses commanded them: “At the end of every seven years, in the year for canceling debts, during the Festival of Tabernacles, when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before them in their hearing.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of debt cancellation, during the Festival of Shelters, when all Israel assembles in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he chooses, you are to read this law aloud before all Israel.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Moses gave them this command: “At the end of every seventh year, the Year of Release, during the Festival of Shelters, you must read this Book of Instruction to all the people of Israel when they assemble before the Lord your God at the place he chooses.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of seven years, in the time of the year for canceling debts during the Feast of Booths, when all Israel comes to appear before Yahweh their God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

KJV 1900King James Version

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, When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

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