New American Standard Bible 1995
Deuteronomy 15:12-18
12“1IfH3588 your 2kinsmanH251, a HebrewH5680 manH5680 orH176 womanH5680, is soldH4376 to you, then he shall serveH5647 you sixH8337 yearsH8141, but in the seventhH7637 yearH8141 you shall setH7971 him 3freeH2670. 13WhenH3588 you setH7971 him 4freeH2670, you shall not sendH7971 him awayH7971 empty-handedH7387. 14You shall furnishH6059 him liberallyH6059 from your flockH6629 and from your threshingH1637 floorH1637 and from your wineH3342 vatH3342; you shall giveH5414 to him as the LordH3068 your GodH430 has blessedH1288 you. 15You shall rememberH2142 that you were a slaveH5650 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, and the LordH3068 your GodH430 redeemedH6299 you; thereforeH5921H3651 I commandH6680 you 5thisH2088 todayH3117. 16It shall comeH1961 about 6ifH3588 he saysH559 to you, ‘I will not goH3318 out from you,’ becauseH3588 he lovesH157 you and your householdH1004, sinceH3588 he fares wellH2895 with you; 17then you shall takeH3947 an awlH4836 and pierceH5414 it through his earH241 into the doorH1817, and he shall be your servantH5650 foreverH5769. AlsoH637 you shall doH6213 likewiseH3651 to your maidservantH519.
18“It shall not seemH7185 hardH7185 to you when you setH7971 him 7freeH2670, for he has givenH5647 you sixH8337 yearsH8141 with 8doubleH4932 the serviceH7939 of a hiredH7916 manH7916; so the LordH3068 your GodH430 will blessH1288 you in whateverH3605H834 you doH6213.
Notes
- 1. Deuteronomy 15:12 Ex 21:2-6; Lev 25:39-43; Jer 34:14 ↩
- 2. Deuteronomy 15:12 Lit brother ↩
- 3. Deuteronomy 15:12 Lit free from you ↩
- 4. Deuteronomy 15:13 Lit free from you ↩
- 5. Deuteronomy 15:15 Lit this thing ↩
- 6. Deuteronomy 15:16 Ex 21:5, 6 ↩
- 7. Deuteronomy 15:18 Lit free from you ↩
- 8. Deuteronomy 15:18 Lit double the amount ↩
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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