DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 15 The seventh year a year of release, DEUTERONOMY 15:1, to their brethren only, DEUTERONOMY 15:2,3. God promiseth to bless them in the land of Canaan, DEUTERONOMY 15:4; and commandeth them to lend freely to the poor, DEUTERONOMY 15:7. The firstlings to be sanctified and eaten be... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL RELEASE IT; not absolutely and finally forgive it, but forbear it for that year, as may appear, 1. Because the word doth not signify a _total dismission or acquitting_, but an intermission for a time, as EXODUS 23:11. _He shall not exact it_, as it here follows, i.e. force it from him by cour... [ Continue Reading ]
A FOREIGNER, or _stranger_, yea, though a proselyte. For, 1. They are oft called by this name, as GENESIS 17:12 RUTH 2:10. 2. Though proselytes were admitted to the church privileges of the Israelites, yet they were not admitted to all their civil immunities or privileges. See 1 CHRONICLES 22:2 2... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THERE SHALL BE NO POOR: so the words are an exception to the foregoing clause, which they restrain to the poor, and imply that if his brother was rich, he might exact his debt of him in that year. And indeed this law seems to be chiefly, if not wholly, designed and given in favour to the poor a... [ Continue Reading ]
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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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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OPEN THINE HAND WIDE UNTO HIM, i.e. deal bountifully and liberally with him, giving him as it were by handfuls.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEWARE THAT THERE BE NOT A THOUGHT IN THY WICKED HEART; suppress the first risings and inward motions of such uncharitableness. THINE EYE BE EVIL, i.e. envious, unmerciful, unkind, as this phrase is used, PROVERBS 23:6 MATTHEW 20:15; as _a good eye_ notes the contrary disposition, PROVERBS 22:9. IT... [ Continue Reading ]
THINE HEART SHALL NOT BE GRIEVED WHEN THOU GIVEST UNTO HIM, i.e. thou shalt give not only with an open hand, but with a willing and cheerful mind and heart, ROMANS 12:8 2 CORINTHIANS 9:9, without which thy very charity is uncharitable, and not accepted by God, who requires the heart in all his servi... [ Continue Reading ]
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 charity to your brother, both which are best discovered by your performance of costly duties.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THY BROTHER BE SOLD UNTO THEE. SEE POOLE ON "EXODUS 22:3". SIX YEARS; to be computed, either, 1. From the year of release; as they gather from hence that personal and real debts were both released together. But that seems to be supposed rather than proved; nay, there is a manifest difference bet... [ Continue Reading ]
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AND THE LORD THY GOD REDEEMED THEE, and brought thee out with triumph and with riches, which because they would not, God did, give to thee as a just recompence for thy service, and therefore thou shalt follow his example, and send out thy servant furnished with all convenient provisions.... [ Continue Reading ]
Because he is sensible that he fares well with thee. Or, _because it is good_, i.e. acceptable in his eyes, or pleasing to him, to be WITH THEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVER, i.e. all the time of his life, or, at least, till the year of jubilee. See on EXODUS 21:6. UNTO THY MAID-SERVANT THOU SHALT DO LIKEWISE, i.e. either dismiss her honourably, and with plenty of provisions; or engage her to perpetual servitude in the same manner, and by the same rites; whence... [ Continue Reading ]
HE HATH BEEN WORTH A DOUBLE-HIRED SERVANT TO THEE; or, he _deserves double wages_ to an hired servant, because he served thee upon better terms, both without wages, which hired servants require, and for a longer time, even for six years, as it here follows, whereas servants were ordinarily hired but... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH THE FIRSTLING OF THY BULLOCK: this is meant, either, 1. Of the male firstlings; which, they say, is forbidden here, because some did plough with the firstlings of their oxen, and shear the firstlings of their sheep, before they were offered. But this seems absurd and incredible, because they w... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT EAT; either, 1. THOU, O priest. Or rather, 2. _Thou, O Israelite_. For it is evident that the same person who was forbidden to work with these, DEUTERONOMY 15:19, is here commanded to eat them, &c. Thou shalt eat it, together with the Levites, as it is to be understood from DEUTERONOMY 12... [ Continue Reading ]
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