Deuteronomy 15:6

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Deuteronomy 15:1-23

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. During the last of the seven, i.e., Sabbatical year (Exodus 21:2; Exodus 28:11; Leviticus 25:4; Jeremiah 34:14). Release, let go, let lie applied to land (Exodus 33:11), and must be taken in the same sense here. “The command of the older legislation is here amplified. Not only is the land to have its... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 15:1-23

Chapter 15Chapter 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 seventh year; you're not to ask for it again except for a foreigner or a stranger. Then you can demand it from them. But of the children of Israel it had to be totally forgiven.Now, also if it were, say, the sixth year, the seventh year was coming up very soon and some guy says, "Oh, I'd... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 15:1-23

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 end of six years. The insolvent poor ought not to be kept forever in despair. The creditor knows the law. Deuteronomy 15:4 . Save when there shall be no poor among you. This reading seems to contradict the eleventh verse: for the poor shall never cease. The margin must therefore be the true... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Deuteronomy 15:1-8

Deuteronomy 15:1-8Keep the Passover.The yearly festivalsThe 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 the, two words translated “feast” in Leviticus 23:1-44, meaning, the one “holy convocation,” the other “festival”), showing that the people with deepest religious feelings are, after all, the happiest people. The three great yearly feasts were--1. The Passover, in the middle of Abib... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Deuteronomy 15:4-11

Deuteronomy 15:4-11Save when there shall be no poor among you.Rural povertyThese two sentences (Deuteronomy 15:4; Deuteronomy 11:1-32) seem, at first sight, to contradict one another. There are three ways of reading the fourth verse. “Save when there shall be no poor among you,” says the text. “To the end that there be no poor,” reads the margin. Howbeit, there shall be no poor with thee, runs the Revised Version. The explanation may be briefly put thus: There would always be poor people among... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Deuteronomy 15:6

thou shalt lend: Deuteronomy 28:12, Deuteronomy 28:44, Psalms 37:21, Psalms 37:26, Psalms 112:5, Proverbs 22:7, Luke 6:35 thou shalt reign: Deuteronomy 28:13, 1 Kings 4:21, 1 Kings 4:24, 2 Chronicles 9:26, Ezra 4:20, Nehemiah 9:27 read more