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Verse Deuteronomy 15:9. _BEWARE THAT THERE BE NOT A THOUGHT IN THY
WICKED_ _heart_] לבבך בליעל _lebabecha beliyaal_, thy _belial
heart_, that is, thy good-for-nothing or unprofitable heart;
Deuteronom...
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The year of release is no doubt identical with the sabbatical year of
the earlier legislation (Exodus 23:10 ff, and Leviticus 25:2 ff), the
command of the older legislation being here amplified. The r...
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11. THE YEAR OF RELEASE AND LIBERATION OF HEBREW SLAVES
CHAPTER 15:1-18
_ 1. The year of release (Deuteronomy 15:1)_
2. The liberation of the Hebrew slaves (Deuteronomy 15:12)
The poor and those wh...
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Three laws in the interest of the poor: the Sabbatical year, or year
of release (p. 102, Exodus 21:2 *, Leviticus 25:39 *).
Deuteronomy 15:1. Every seventh year (probably the same year was
observed th...
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THOUGHT. word (= thought expressed).
WICKED HEART. heart of Belial.
SIN. Hebrew. _chat'a_. See App-44....
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_Beware be on guard with respect to thyself_; see on Deuteronomy 4:9.
_a base thought in thine heart_ Lit. _a word_or _thing in thine heart,
baseness,_or _worthlessness: beliya-al_; see on Deuteronom...
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One of the most beautiful as it is one of the most characteristic
passages in the laws of D: illustrating not only the humane spirit,
and the practical thoughtfulness of this code, but its extension o...
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DISCOURSE: 208
THE DUTY OF CHARITY ENFORCED
Deuteronomy 15:7. 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 shal...
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_VER._ 9. _AND THINE EYE BE EVIL AGAINST THY POOR BROTHER_— The
_eye,_ say the Jews, is the index of the mind: so _an evil eye,_ when
_giving_ is spoken of, signifies a covetous and hard-hearted
dispo...
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LESSON TWELVE DEUTERONOMY 14:22 TO DEUTERONOMY 15:23
c. DIFFERENCES IN ECONOMIC PRACTICES (Deuteronomy 14:22 to...
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(3) THE POOR (Deuteronomy 15:7-11)
7 If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of
thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt
not harden thy heart, nor...
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_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 BR...
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15:9 thought (b-8) Lit. 'a thing of Belial.' in (c-48) Or 'on;' and so
ch. 24.15....
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THE SABBATICAL YEAR
This chapter deals with the year of release, or the Sabbatical Year,
and should be compared with Leviticus 25. In addition to the rest for
the land and the manumission of Hebrew sl...
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DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE
LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD
DEUTERONOMY
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 15
V1 ‘At the end of every 7 years, you must cancel debts. V2 This is
what you must do. Everyon...
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הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֡ פֶּן ־יִהְיֶ֣ה
דָבָר֩ עִם ־ל
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Here we have provision made for the relief of the poor and the less
fortunate at regularly stated intervals. The great ideal is revealed
in the words, "There shall be no poor with thee." This, however...
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_Eyes. Hebrew, "and thy eye be evil against," &c. This expression
denotes one who is a prey to the base passions of avarice, jealousy,
envy, &c., chap. xxviii. 54., and Matthew xx. 15. (Calmet) --- A...
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What a gracious provision hath the LORD of our salvation made, in
guarding against evil! The heart is wicked, and David saith of himself
that it was the transgression of the wicked which spake within...
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In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be
called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of
institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14 AND 15.
Chapter 14 forbids that the people, as being the children of the
living God, should imitate the profane customs which indicated the
devotedness of...
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BEWARE THAT THERE BE NOT A THOUGHT IN THY WICKED HEART,.... "Or, thy
heart of Belial" f; thy worthless heart, and which is without a yoke
not subjected to the law of God, as every carnal heart is; and...
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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 cr...
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Deu. 15:9. "Sin unto thee." Sin here is put for calamity, misery, or
ruin, because that is the consequence of sin. Thus the word sin is
often used in Scripture. So Deuteronomy 24:15; Deuteronomy 23:21...
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_Beware_ Suppress the first risings of such uncharitableness.
_ And thine eye be evil_ Envious, unmerciful, unkind, as this phrase
means, Proverbs 23:6; that is, thou grudge to relieve him. The
opposi...
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[RELEASING DEBTS.]
1 The seuenth yeere a yeere of release for the poore.
7 It must be no let of lending or giuing.
12 An Ebrew seruant,
16 except hee will not depart, must in the seuenth yeere goe...
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OF THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR...
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Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, that the
worthless heart should speak to the person, SAYING, THE SEVENTH YEAR,
THE YEAR OF RELEASE, IS AT HAND, in which the loan might not be
r...
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SEVENTH YEAR RELEASE OF DEBTS
(vs.1-6)
Out of compassion for the poor God required creditors to release
debtors from their debts at the end of seven years. This surely
reminds us of the grace of God...
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THOUGHT:
_ Heb._ word
WICKED:
_ Heb._ Belial...
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1-11 This year of release typified the grace of the gospel, in which
is proclaimed the acceptable year of the Lord; and by which we obtain
the release of our debts, that is, the pardon of our sins. T...
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BEWARE THAT THERE BE NOT A THOUGHT IN THY WICKED HEART; suppress the
first risings and inward motions of such uncharitableness. THINE EYE
BE EVIL, i.e. envious, unmerciful, unkind, as this phrase is u...
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"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 neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his
n...
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THE POVERTY-STRICKEN DEBTOR IS NOT TO BE DESPISED (DEUTERONOMY 15:7).
Having laid down the law for the relief of debtors the question of
those who might seek to avoid it is now raised. They are not t...
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CONTENTS: Laws concerning Sabbatic year and bondservants.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: That we who have received in abundance from God should be
rigorous and severe in our demands from poor b...
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Deuteronomy 15:1. _A release_ of all debts, as well as of servitude,
at the end of the sixth year, to the poor who cannot pay. This is much
the same as the English law of cancelling bookdebts at the e...
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_Save when there shall be no poor among you._
RURAL POVERTY
These two sentences (Deuteronomy 15:4; Deuteronomy 11:1) seem, at
first sight, to contradict one another. There are three ways of
reading t...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—The rules for the relief of the poor (Levites,
strangers, widows, and orphans) by the triennial tithe are followed by
others which forbid oppression.
DEUTERONOMY 15:1. Seven years. Dur...
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EXPOSITION
THE YEAR OF RELEASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF DEBTORS AND THE EMANCIPATION OF
HEBREW SLAVES. THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE FIRSTBORN...
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Chapter fifteen,
At the end of every seven years you're to make a release (Deuteronomy
15:1).
All of the debts were to be forgiven in the seventh year. Now, you're
not to demand it again after the se...
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1 John 3:15; 1 Peter 4:9; Deuteronomy 24:15; Deuteronomy 28:54;...
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Beware — Suppress the first risings of such uncharitableness. It be
sin — That is, it be charged upon thee as a sin....