-
Verse Deuteronomy 15:11. _FOR THE POOR SHALL NEVER CEASE OUT OF THE
LAND_] To this passage our Lord appears to allude Mark 14:7: _For ye
have the poor with you always_. God leaves these in mercy amon...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
NEVER CEASE. See note on Deuteronomy 15:4....
-
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...
-
_For the poor shall never cease_, etc.] See introd. note.
_to thy needy, and to thy poor_ Two of the three Hebrew synonyms for
poor. The first is a passive form, _forced, afflicted_, then
_wretched_,...
-
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...
-
_VER._ 11. _FOR THE POOR SHALL NEVER CEASE OUT OF THE LAND_— i.e.
There shall be always some indigent persons among you who shall stand
in need of your charitable relief. The Jerusalem Targum understa...
-
LESSON TWELVE DEUTERONOMY 14:22 TO DEUTERONOMY 15:23
c. DIFFERENCES IN ECONOMIC PRACTICES (Deuteronomy 14:22 to...
-
(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...
-
_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...
-
15:11 poor (e-27) Or 'afflicted' as Psalms 10:12 ....
-
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...
-
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...
-
FOR THE POOR SHALL NEVER CEASE. — There is no contradiction between
this verse and Deuteronomy 15:4 above. There will always be some men
falling into poverty; but it is our business to see that they d...
-
כִּ֛י לֹא ־יֶחְדַּ֥ל אֶבְיֹ֖ון מִ
קֶּ֣רֶב הָ
-
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...
-
(c) For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I
command thee, saying, Thou shalt (d) open thine hand wide unto thy
brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
(c) To try your...
-
_Needy. Hebrew expresses the order to be observed in giving alms,
"open thy hand wide (give with profusion) to thy brother, (or
relations,) to thy needy, (in extreme want,) and to thy poor in the
land...
-
Reader! look around thee, and behold this day how GOD'S word is
verified. Blessed JESUS! give me grace to keep in view thine
unequalled poverty, and to consider the path of honest humble poverty
as di...
-
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...
-
_THY POOR BROTHER_
‘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 h...
-
11._For the poor shall never cease out of the land_. The notion (147)
of those is far fetched who suppose that there would be always poor
men among them, because they would not keep the law, and conse...
-
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...
-
FOR THE POOR SHALL NEVER CEASE OUT OF THE LAND,.... There would be
always such objects to exercise their charity and beneficence towards,
John 12:8, which is no contradiction to Deuteronomy 15:4 for h...
-
_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 poo...
-
_The poor shall never cease_ God, by his providence, will so order it,
partly for the punishment of your disobedience, and partly for the
trial and exercise of your obedience to him, and charity to yo...
-
[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...
-
For the poor shall never cease out of the land, Matthew 26:11;
THEREFORE I COMMAND THEE, SAYING, THOU SHALT OPEN THINE HAND WIDE UNTO
THY BROTHER, TO THY POOR, AND TO THY NEEDY IN THY LAND. Note that...
-
OF THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR...
-
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...
-
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...
-
THE POOR SHALL NEVER CEASE OUT OF THE LAND; God by his providence will
so order it, partly for the punishment of your disobedience, and
partly for the trial and exercise of your obedience to me, and c...
-
"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...
-
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...
-
Deuteronomy 15:7 , DEUTERONOMY 15:11
I. "God has made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell upon
the face of the whole earth." This is the announcement of a grand
fact, which has never yet bee...
-
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...
-
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...
-
_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...
-
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 15:1__ The laws in these verses
relate to the sabbatical year. See Exodus 23:10 and...
-
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...
-
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...
-
EXPOSITION
THE YEAR OF RELEASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF DEBTORS AND THE EMANCIPATION OF
HEBREW SLAVES. THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE FIRSTBORN...
-
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...
-
1 John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 8:2; Acts 11:28; Acts 2:45; Acts 4:32;...
-
The poor shall never cease — God by his providence will so order it,
partly for the punishment of your disobedience, and partly for the
trial and exercise of your obedience to him and charity to your...