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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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_thine heart shall not be grieved_, etc.] _God loveth a cheerful
giver_(2 Corinthians 9:7).
_puttest thine hand unto_ See on Deuteronomy 12:7....
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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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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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15:10 evil-disposed (d-13) Or 'grieved.'...
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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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'The Lord loveth a cheerfui giver.'
1. The ideal state of matters is contemplated in Deuteronomy 15:4 :
here we have the actual fact. There will always be poor people, but
poverty will be exceptional,...
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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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THOU SHALT SURELY GIVE. — “Even a hundred times.”
HIM. — “Between thee and him alone.” (Comp. “Let not thy left
hand know what thy right hand doeth” in Matthew 6:3). I have thought
it worth while to b...
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נָתֹ֤ון תִּתֵּן֙ לֹ֔ו וְ לֹא ־יֵרַ֥ע
לְבָבְךָ
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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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_Neither. Hebrew, "thy heart shall not be evil in giving: for to this
end the Lord....hath blessed thee." Imitate his clemency. --- Hand, in
all thy undertakings and possessions._...
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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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THOU SHALL SURELY GIVE HIM,.... Or lend to him; though lending in such
a case and circumstances, that person being extremely poor, and the
year of release at hand, is the same as giving. Jarchi remark...
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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...
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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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Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when
thou givest unto him, be filled with ill will and resentment against
the poorer neighbor, BECAUSE THAT FOR THIS THING THE LORD, TH...
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OF THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR...
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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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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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THINE HEART SHALL NOT BE GRIEVED WHEN THOU GIVEST UNTO HIM, i.e. thou
shalt give not only with an open hand, but with a willing and cheerful
mind and heart, ROMANS 12:8 2 CORINTHIANS 9:9, without whic...
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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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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 15:1__ The laws in these verses
relate to the sabbatical year. See Exodus 23:10 and...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 15:9 If the sabbatical year is
close, loans are less likely to be repaid, but the one asked to lend
should have no such UNWORTHY THOUGHT in his HEART. Verse...
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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 Peter 4:11; 1 Timothy 6:18; 1 Timothy 6:19; 2 Corinthians 9:5;...
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Thine heart shall not be grieved — That is, thou shalt give, not
only with an open hand, but with a willing and chearful mind, without
which thy very charity is uncharitable, and not accepted by God....