Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Deuteronomy 15:5
Only if thou carefully hearken. — “Then there will be none among thee in want.” So Rashi expounds, in the very spirit of the passage in Acts 4.
Only if thou carefully hearken. — “Then there will be none among thee in want.” So Rashi expounds, in the very spirit of the passage in Acts 4.
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...
THIS DAY. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26....
_to observe to do_ See on Deuteronomy 5:1. _all this commandment_, etc.] See on Deuteronomy 5:31; Deuteronomy 8:1....
_VER._ 4, 5. _SAVE WHEN,_ &C.— Houbigant follows the marginal reading of our Bibles, joining the first clause of the 4th verse to the end of the 3rd, as explanatory, he observes, of the law: as if it...
LESSON TWELVE DEUTERONOMY 14:22 TO DEUTERONOMY 15:23 c. DIFFERENCES IN ECONOMIC PRACTICES (Deuteronomy 14:22 to...
(2) THE YEAR OF RELEASE (Deuteronomy 15:1-6) At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent un...
_ONLY IF THOU CAREFULLY HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD, TO OBSERVE TO DO ALL THESE COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
רַ֚ק אִם ־שָׁמֹ֣ועַ תִּשְׁמַ֔ע בְּ קֹ֖ול יְהו
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...
Spiritually considered, what a mercy would this be, when that scripture shall be fulfilled, in which it is said, GOD'S people shall all be righteous; Isaiah 60:21. In JESUS the very poorest are so. Bu...
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...
Ver. 5 ONLY IF THOU CAREFULLY HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD,.... In his word, and by his prophets; this being the case, there would be no more poor among them, or however they would be so b...
[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...
only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord, thy God, to observe all these commandments which I command thee this day, for obedience to God flowing out of true faith must be at the basis...
OF THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
"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...
Deuteronomy 15:5 carefully H8085 (H8800) obey H8085 (H8799) voice H6963 LORD H3068 God H430 observe H6213 ...
‘ Howbeit there shall be no poor with you, (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God is giving to you for an inheritance to possess it), if only you diligently listen to the...
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...
_Keep the Passover._ THE YEARLY FESTIVALS The darker side of the Jewish religion was more than relieved by its outlets for joy. It identified in a marvelous manner the holy day and the holiday (see 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 15:4 THERE WILL BE NO POOR AMONG YOU is in effect a command to be generous: “Let there be no poor among you.” Since the land will be sufficiently blessed by God (v....
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...
Deuteronomy 11:13; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 4:9; Isaiah 1:19;...