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Deuteronomy 15:1
1At the end of every seven years you must remove the debts of people that you have lent money to.
Deuteronomy 15:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
- New International Version (NIV)At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release of debts.
Context of Deuteronomy 15:1
At the end of every seven years you must remove the debts of people that you have lent money to. 2This is how you must do it: Every person who has lent money to someone must remove that debt. He must not demand to get his money back from any other Israelite. It is the Lord's time to remove debts. 3You can demand to get your money back from a foreign person. But if you have lent money to another Israelite, you must forgive the debt.
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מִקֵּ֥ץ שֶֽׁבַע־שָׁנִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה שְׁמִטָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 15:1
- Deuteronomy 31:10Then Moses said to them, ‘You must read this Law to all the Israelites. Read it every seven years at the Feast of Huts, in the year when you forgive people's debts. At that time all the Israelites will go to the place that the Lord your God will choose. When they meet there to worship the Lord, they must listen to this Law.
- Exodus 21:2If you buy an Israelite slave, he must work for you for six years. But in the seventh year he will become a free man. He can leave you. He does not have to pay you any money.
- Exodus 23:10You must plant seed in your fields for six years. Then you can bring your crops home at harvest time.
- Leviticus 25:2The Lord said, ‘Speak to Israel's people. They will go into the land that I will give to them. Then the land must have a Sabbath rest to the Lord.
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Almighty Lord is on me, because he has chosen me to serve him. He has sent me to tell good news to poor people. He has sent me to comfort people who are very upset. He has sent me to tell prisoners that they are now free. They can go out of their prisons!
- Jeremiah 36:8Neriah's son Baruch did everything that the prophet Jeremiah had told him. He went to the Lord's temple. He read the Lord's message that was written on the scroll.
- Luke 4:18‘The Spirit of the Lord God is on me. He has chosen me to tell good news to poor people. He has sent me to tell people who are in prison, “You can go free!” I must say to people that cannot see, “See again!” I must cause people that are like slaves to become free.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 15:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release - For an explanation of many things in this chapter, see the notes on Exodus 21 (note), Exodus 23 (note), and Leviticus 25 (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 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 release was probably for the year, not total and final, and had reference only to loans lent because of poverty (compare Deuteronomy 15:4, Deuteronomy 15:7). Yet even so the law was found to be too stringent for the avarice of the people, because…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The year of release. (1-11) Concerning the release of servants. (12-18) Respecting the firstlings of cattle. (19-23) Verses 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. The law is spiritual, and lays restraints upon the thoughts of the heart. We mistake, if we think thoughts are free from God's knowledge…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1cancel debts: This refers to releasing people from what they owe. It means freeing them from financial bondage (being trapped by unpaid debt). The creditor was to forgive the debt. The person who owed money would not face further penalty for failing to repay it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-111. At the end of every seven years--during the last of the seven, that is, the sabbatical year (Ex 21:2; 23:11; Le 25:4; Jr 34:14).Read the comment
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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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