Deuteronomy 15:1 → Exodus 23:10

Exodus 23:10-11 establishes the sabbatical year for the land: "For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce, but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow" — the release verb (שָׁמַט, shamat) standing at Exodus 23:11, one verse beyond this pair's 23:10 anchor. Deuteronomy 15:1 applies the same seven-year cycle to financial obligations: "At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts" (שְׁמִטָּה, shemittah). The shared root שׁ-מ-ט (sh-m-t, "release/let drop") — sitting at Exodus 23:11 ↔ Deuteronomy 15:2 — connects agricultural rest with debt release, extending the sabbatical principle from land to economics; the bare 23:10 ↔ 15:1 verse-pair itself shares only the stock word שָׁנָה ("year"), so the verbal load is carried by the ranged 23:10-11 ↔ 15:1-11 connection while this pair holds as a supporting thematic link. Both texts express the same theological conviction: the seventh year belongs to God, requiring Israel to release its claims on both the earth's productivity and their neighbors' financial obligations.