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Deuteronomy 15:2-14
2ThisH2088 is the mannerH1697 of remissionH8059: EveryH3605 creditorH1167H4874H3027 shall cancelH8058 whatH834 he has loanedH5383 to his neighborH7453. He is notH3808 to collectH5065 anythingH853 from his neighborH7453 or brotherH251, becauseH3588 the LORD’sH3068 time of releaseH8059 has been proclaimedH7121. 3You may collectH5065 something from a foreignerH5237, but you must forgiveH8058H3027 whateverH834 your brotherH251 owesH1961 youH854.
4There will beH1961 noH3808 poorH34 among you, howeverH657H3588, becauseH3588 the LORDH3068 will surely bless youH1288 in the landH776 thatH834 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 is givingH5414 you to possessH3423 as an inheritanceH5159, 5ifH518 onlyH7535 you obeyH8085H6963 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 and are carefulH8104 to followH6213 allH3605 theseH2063 commandmentsH4687 IH595 am giving you todayH6680H3117. 6When the LORDH3068 your GodH430 blesses youH1288 asH834 He has promisedH1696, you will lendH5670 to manyH7227H859 nationsH1471 but borrowH5670 from noneH3808; you will ruleH4910 over manyH7227 nationsH1471 but be ruledH4910 by noneH3808.
7IfH3588 there isH1961 a poor manH34 among your brothersH251 within anyH259 of the gatesH8179 in the landH776 thatH834 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 is givingH5414 you, then you are notH3808 to hardenH5531 your heartH3824 or shutH7092 your handH3027 from your poorH34 brotherH251. 8InsteadH3588, you are to openH6605 your handH3027 to him and freely loan himH5670 whateverH1767 he needsH4270.
9Be carefulH8104 not to harborH6435H1961 this wickedH1100H559 thoughtH1697 inH5973 your heartH3824: “The seventhH7651 yearH8141, the yearH8141 of releaseH8059, is nearH7126,” so that you look uponH5869 your poorH34 brotherH251 begrudginglyH7489 and give himH5414 nothingH3808. He will cry outH7121 toH413 the LORDH3068 against youH5921, and you will beH1961 guilty of sinH2399.
10Give generouslyH5414 to him, and do notH3808 let your heartH3824 be grievedH7489 when you do so. And because ofH1558H1697 thisH2088 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 will blessH1288 you in allH3605 your workH4639 and in everythingH3605 to which you putH4916 your handH3027. 11ForH3588 there will neverH3808 ceaseH2308 to be poorH34 inH7130 the landH776; that is whyH5921H3651 IH595 am commanding youH6680 toH559 openH6605 wideH6605 your handH3027 to your brotherH251 and to the poorH6041 and needyH34 in your landH776.
12IfH3588 a fellowH251 HebrewH5680, a man orH176 a womanH5680, is soldH43762 to you and serves youH5647 sixH8337 yearsH8141, then in the seventhH7637 yearH8141 you must set himH7971 freeH2670H5973.
13And whenH3588 you release himH7971H2670H5973, do notH3808 send him awayH7971 empty-handedH7387. 14You are to furnish him liberallyH6059 from your flockH6629, your threshing floorH1637, and your winepressH3342. You shall giveH5414 to him asH834 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 has blessed youH1288.
Notes
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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