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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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AS. according as.
LEND. lend in pledge.
REIGN. rule....
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_will bless thee_ Heb. is stronger, _shall have blessed thee_.
_thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow_ Heb.
_shalt take, but shalt not give, pledges_; cp. 8, Deuteronomy
24:10-1...
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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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(2) THE YEAR OF RELEASE (Deuteronomy 15:1-6)
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this
is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which
he hath lent un...
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_ONLY IF THOU CAREFULLY HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD, TO
OBSERVE TO DO ALL THESE COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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15:6 borrow; (a-25) Lit. 'thou shalt give no pledge.'...
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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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AS HE PROMISED THEE. — “1 will bless thee” was said to Abram
(Genesis 12:2).
THOU SHALT LEND. — The root of the word in Hebrew is closely
connected with the word for “slave.” “The borrower is servant...
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כִּֽי ־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ֙
בֵּֽרַכְךָ֔ כַּ אֲשֶׁ֖ר...
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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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_Lend. The Jews give a wrong interpretation to this passage, to
authorize usury with regard to strangers. But God can never sanction
injustice. He promises such riches to his people, if they be faithf...
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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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6._For the Lord thy God blesseth thee_. He confirms the foregoing
declaration, but ascends from the particular to the general; for,
after having taught that they might expect from God’s blessing much...
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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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FOR THE LORD THY GOD BLESSETH THEE, AS HE PROMISED THEE,.... He is
faithful that has promised, and he always gives the blessing he
promises according to the nature of the promise; if absolute, and
wit...
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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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For the lord, thy God, blesseth thee as he promised thee, His blessing
was not problematic and uncertain, but had begun even at this time,
for the conquest of the land east of the Jordan was a guarant...
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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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THOU SHALT LEND UNTO MANY; thou shalt be rich and able to lend not
only to thy poor brother, but even to strangers of other nations, yea,
to many of them....
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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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Deuteronomy 15:6 LORD H3068 God H430 bless H1288 (H8765) promised
H1696 (H8765) lend H5670 (H8689) many...
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‘ For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you, and you
shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow, and you shall
rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.'
Indeed...
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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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_Keep the Passover._
THE YEARLY FESTIVALS
The darker side of the Jewish religion was more than relieved by its
outlets for joy. It identified in a marvelous manner the holy day and
the holiday (see 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 15:4 THERE WILL BE NO POOR AMONG YOU
is in effect a command to be generous: “Let there be no poor among
you.” Since the land will be sufficiently blessed by God (v....
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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 Kings 4:21; 1 Kings 4:24; 2 Chronicles 9:26; Deuteronomy 28:12;...