Chapter 15

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Deut 31:10; Exod 21:2, Exod 23:10-11; Lev 25:2-4; Isa 61:1-3; Jer 36:8-18; Luke 4:18-19


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creditor that lendeth Heb. master of the lending of his hand

exact it Neh 5:7-11; Isa 58:3; Amos 8:4-6; Matt 6:12, Matt 6:14-15, Matt 18:25-35; Luke 6:34-38; Luke 7:42; Jas 2:13


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Deut 23:20; Exod 22:25; Matt 17:25-26; John 8:35; 1Cor 6:6-7; Gal 6:10


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Save etc. or, To the end that there be no poor among you, Houbigant follows this marginal reading, to which he joins the end of the Deut 15:3, considering it as explanatory of the law; as if he had said, "Thou shalt not exact the debt that is due from thy brother, but thy hand shall release him, for this reason, that there may be no poor among you through your severity." He justly contends that the phrase ephes kee, can here only mean, "to the end that," being equivalent to the French afin que.

greatly bless Deut 14:29, Deut 28:1-8, Deut 28:11; Prov 11:24-25, Prov 14:21, Prov 28:27; Isa 58:10-11


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Deut 4:9, Deut 11:13-15, Deut 28:1-15; Lev 26:3-14; Josh 1:7; Ps 19:11; Isa 1:19-20; Phil 1:27


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thou shalt lend Deut 28:12, Deut 28:44; Ps 37:21, Ps 37:26, Ps 112:5; Prov 22:7; Luke 6:35

thou shalt reign Deut 28:13; 1Kgs 4:21, 1Kgs 4:24; 2Chr 9:26; Ezra 4:20; Neh 9:27


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there be Lest the preceding law might render the Israelites cautious in lending to the poor, Moses here warns them against being led by so mean a principle; but to lend liberally, and God would reward them.

thou shalt Deut 15:9; Prov 21:13; Matt 18:30; Jas 2:15-16; 1John 3:16-17


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Beware Prov 4:23; Jer 17:10; Matt 15:19; Mark 7:21-22; Rom 7:8-9; Jas 4:5

thought etc. Heb. word with thine heart of Belial

thine eye Deut 28:54-56; Prov 23:6, Prov 24:9, Prov 28:22; Matt 20:15; Jas 5:9; 1Pet 4:9

he cry Deut 24:15; Exod 3:7, Exod 22:23; Job 34:28; Ps 9:12; Prov 21:13; Jas 5:4

sin unto thee Matt 25:41-45; Jas 4:17; 1John 3:15-17


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thine heart Matt 25:40; Acts 20:35; Rom 12:8; 2Cor 9:5-7; 1Tim 6:18-19; 1Pet 4:11

because Deut 15:4, Deut 14:19, Deut 14:29, Deut 24:19; Ps 41:1-2; Prov 11:24-25, Prov 22:9; Isa 32:8, Isa 58:10; 2Cor 9:8-11; Phil 4:18-19; Heb 13:16


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the poor Although Moses, by the statutes relative to the division of the land, and inheritance, and the inalienable nature of it, had studied to prevent any Israelite from being born poor, yet he exhorts them to the exercise of the tenderest compassion and most benevolent actions; and not to refuse assistance to the decayed Israelite, though the sabbatical year drew nigh. Prov 22:2; Matt 26:11; Mark 14:7; John 12:8

Thou shalt Deut 15:8; Matt 5:42; Luke 12:33; Acts 2:45, Acts 4:32-35, Acts 11:28-30; 2Cor 8:2-9; 1John 3:16-18


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Deut 15:1; Exod 21:2-6; Lev 25:39-41; Jer 34:14; John 8:35-36


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This is a most humane and merciful addition to the law in Exod 21:2-11; enforced upon the Israelites by the consideration of their Egyptian bondage. As a faithful servant has made no property for himself while honestly serving his master, so now, when he quits his service, he has nothing to begin the world with except what the kindness of his master may bestow upon him as a remuneration for his zeal and fidelity. Though what was to be bestowed upon servants is not fixed, yet they were to be liberally supplied (Deut 15:14).

Gen 31:42; Exod 3:21; Lev 25:42-44; Prov 3:27-28; Jer 22:13; Mal 3:5; Col 4:1


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the Lord Neh 8:10; Ps 68:10; Prov 10:22; Acts 20:35; 1Cor 16:2


15
Deut 5:14-15, Deut 16:12; Exod 20:2; Isa 51:1; Matt 6:14-15, Matt 18:32-33; Eph 1:7; Eph 2:12, Eph 4:32, Eph 5:1-2; Titus 2:14; 1John 3:16, 1John 4:9-11


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Exod 21:5-6; Ps 40:6, Ps 40:8


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for ever Lev 25:39-42; 1Sam 1:22


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shall not Deut 15:10

a double Isa 16:14, Isa 21:16; Luke 17:7-8


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the firstling Exod 13:2, Exod 13:12, Exod 34:19; Lev 27:26; Num 3:13, Num 18:17; Rom 8:29; Heb 12:23

thou shalt do Deut 12:5-7, Deut 12:17, Deut 14:23, Deut 16:11, Deut 16:14; Num 18:15


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Deut 12:5-7, Deut 12:17


21
Deut 17:1; Lev 22:20, Lev 22:24; Mal 1:7-8


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the unclean Deut 12:15, Deut 12:21-22

the roebuck Tzevee, in Arabic zaby, Chaldee and Syriac tavya, denotes the gazelle or antelope, so called from its stately beauty, as the word imports. In size it is smaller than the roe, of an elegant form, and it motions are light and graceful. It bounds seemingly without effort, and runs with such swiftness that few creatures can exceed it (2Sam 2:18). Its fine eyes are so much celebrated as even to become a proverb; and its flesh is much esteemed for food among eastern nations, having a sweet, musky taste, which is highly agreeable to their palates (1Kgs 4:23). If to these circumstances we add, that they are gregarious, and common all over the East, whereas the roe is either not known at all, or else very rare in these countries, little doubt can remain that the gazelle and not the roe is intended by the original word.


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Deut 12:16, Deut 12:23; Lev 7:26; 1Sam 14:32; Ezek 33:25


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