Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
Ver. 9. And he cried unto the Lord.] Who is the poor man's king, as James V of Scotland was termed for his charity.
Verse Deuteronomy 15:9. _BEWARE THAT THERE BE NOT A THOUGHT IN THY WICKED_ _heart_] לבבך בליעל _lebabecha beliyaal_, thy _belial heart_, that is, thy good-for-nothing or unprofitable heart; Deuteronom...
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...
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...
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...
THOUGHT. word (= thought expressed). WICKED HEART. heart of Belial. SIN. Hebrew. _chat'a_. See App-44....
_Beware be on guard with respect to thyself_; see on Deuteronomy 4:9. _a base thought in thine heart_ Lit. _a word_or _thing in thine heart, baseness,_or _worthlessness: beliya-al_; see on Deuteronom...
One of the most beautiful as it is one of the most characteristic passages in the laws of D: illustrating not only the humane spirit, and the practical thoughtfulness of this code, but its extension o...
DISCOURSE: 208 THE DUTY OF CHARITY ENFORCED Deuteronomy 15:7. If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shal...
_VER._ 9. _AND THINE EYE BE EVIL AGAINST THY POOR BROTHER_— The _eye,_ say the Jews, is the index of the mind: so _an evil eye,_ when _giving_ is spoken of, signifies a covetous and hard-hearted dispo...
LESSON TWELVE DEUTERONOMY 14:22 TO DEUTERONOMY 15:23 c. DIFFERENCES IN ECONOMIC PRACTICES (Deuteronomy 14:22 to...
(3) THE POOR (Deuteronomy 15:7-11) 7 If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor...
_IF THERE BE AMONG YOU A POOR MAN OF ONE OF THY BRETHREN WITHIN ANY OF THY GATES IN THY LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE, THOU SHALT NOT HARDEN THINE HEART, NOR SHUT THINE HAND FROM THY POOR BR...
15:9 thought (b-8) Lit. 'a thing of Belial.' in (c-48) Or 'on;' and so ch. 24.15....
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...
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...
הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֡ פֶּן ־יִהְיֶ֣ה דָבָר֩ עִם ־ל
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...
_Eyes. Hebrew, "and thy eye be evil against," &c. This expression denotes one who is a prey to the base passions of avarice, jealousy, envy, &c., chap. xxviii. 54., and Matthew xx. 15. (Calmet) --- A...
What a gracious provision hath the LORD of our salvation made, in guarding against evil! The heart is wicked, and David saith of himself that it was the transgression of the wicked which spake within...
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...
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...
BEWARE THAT THERE BE NOT A THOUGHT IN THY WICKED HEART,.... "Or, thy heart of Belial" f; thy worthless heart, and which is without a yoke not subjected to the law of God, as every carnal heart is; and...
Deu. 15:9. "Sin unto thee." Sin here is put for calamity, misery, or ruin, because that is the consequence of sin. Thus the word sin is often used in Scripture. So Deuteronomy 24:15; Deuteronomy 23:21...
_Beware_ Suppress the first risings of such uncharitableness. _ And thine eye be evil_ Envious, unmerciful, unkind, as this phrase means, Proverbs 23:6; that is, thou grudge to relieve him. The opposi...
[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...
OF THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR...
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, that the worthless heart should speak to the person, SAYING, THE SEVENTH YEAR, THE YEAR OF RELEASE, IS AT HAND, in which the loan might not be r...
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...
THOUGHT: _ Heb._ word WICKED: _ Heb._ Belial...
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...
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 u...
"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...
THE POVERTY-STRICKEN DEBTOR IS NOT TO BE DESPISED (DEUTERONOMY 15:7). Having laid down the law for the relief of debtors the question of those who might seek to avoid it is now raised. They are not t...
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...
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...
_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...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 15:1__ The laws in these verses relate to the sabbatical year. See Exodus 23:10 and...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 15:9 If the sabbatical year is close, loans are less likely to be repaid, but the one asked to lend should have no such UNWORTHY THOUGHT in his HEART. Verse...
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...
EXPOSITION THE YEAR OF RELEASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF DEBTORS AND THE EMANCIPATION OF HEBREW SLAVES. THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE FIRSTBORN...
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...
1 John 3:15; 1 Peter 4:9; Deuteronomy 24:15; Deuteronomy 28:54;...
Beware — Suppress the first risings of such uncharitableness. It be sin — That is, it be charged upon thee as a sin....