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 The first thing which he settled was, that what debts remained should be forgiven, and no man, for the future, should engage the body of his debtor for security.

Concerning Land

(Greek lawgiver, B.C. 639-559)

The mortgage stones that covered her, by me Removed, the land that was a slave is free.

(Hebrew, B.C. 700?)

These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbor shall release it, he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord's release.

(Hebrew law-book, B.C. 700?)

And the Lord spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai, saying: "The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me."