At the end of [every] seven years thou shalt make a release. Ver. 1. _At the end of every._] This Sabbatical year signified the year of grace, the kingdom of Christ, wherein all Israelites indeed are discharged of their debts. Mat 6:12 _See Trapp on "_ Mat 6:12 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And this [is] the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth [ought] unto his neighbour shall release [it]; he shall not exact [it] of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release. Ver. 2. _He shall not exact it._] For that seventh year at least, because there w... [ Continue Reading ]
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact [it again]: but [that] which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; Ver. 3. _Of a foreigner._] To show that none that are alienated from the life of God, or a godly life, have remission of sin by Christ: "he sanctifies all whom he justifies." Compare Ro... [ Continue Reading ]
Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it: Ver. 4. _Save when there shall be no poor._] Here, as in sundry other places of the new translation, the margin is better than the tex... [ Continue Reading ]
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: Ver. 7. _Thou shalt not harden thy heart._] But "draw out thy soul to the hungry." Isa 58:10... [ Continue Reading ]
But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, [in that] which he wanteth. Ver. 8. _Thou shalt surely lend him._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 5:42 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Ver. 9. _And he cried unto the Lord._] Who i... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. Ver. 10. _Thine heart shall not be grieved._] _See Trapp on "_ 2Co 9:7 _"_ The L... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land._ Ver. 11. _For the poor._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 26:11 _"_ Aged and impotent poor, whose misery moves compassion without an... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 15:12 [And] if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. Ver. 12. _In the seventh year,_] viz., Since he was sold unto thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; Ver. 16. _Then thou shalt take an awl._] _Ut si non horreret servitudinem, horreret saltem ignominiam publicam:_ If we can bear reproach for Christ, it is an arg... [ Continue Reading ]