Thematic Bible
Deuteronomy 15:1 (show verse)
“At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.
Deuteronomy 15:2 (show verse)
This is how to cancel debt: Every creditor is to cancel what he has lent his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the Lord’s release of debts has been proclaimed.
Deuteronomy 15:3 (show verse)
You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.
Aliens » Jews authorized to take usury from
Creditor » Laws concerning
Creditors » Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Remission of debts
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » No release to strangers during
Sabbatic year » Creditors required to release debtors in
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Usury of
Creditor » Laws concerning
Creditors » Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Remission of debts
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » No release to strangers during
Sabbatic year » Creditors required to release debtors in
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Usury of
Deuteronomy 15:4 (show verse)
“There will be no poor among you, however, because the Lord is certain to bless you in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance—
Deuteronomy 15:5 (show verse)
if only you obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow every one of these commands I am giving you today.
Deuteronomy 15:6 (show verse)
When the Lord your God blesses you as He has promised you, you will lend to many nations but not borrow; you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.
Deuteronomy 15:7 (show verse)
“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.
Alms » Almsgiving, general advice concerning
Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
Almsgiving » General advice concerning
Charity » The reward for being charitable
hands » Illustrative » (shut,) of illiberality
The Heart » Harden not against the poor
Philanthropy » General advice concerning
The poor » Harden not the heart against
The poor » Shut not the hand against
Social duties » Almsgiving, general advice concerning
Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
Almsgiving » General advice concerning
Charity » The reward for being charitable
hands » Illustrative » (shut,) of illiberality
The Heart » Harden not against the poor
Philanthropy » General advice concerning
The poor » Harden not the heart against
The poor » Shut not the hand against
Social duties » Almsgiving, general advice concerning
Deuteronomy 15:8 (show verse)
Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has.
Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
Business life » The credit system » Lending encouraged
Charity » The reward for being charitable
Credit system » Lending encouraged
hands » Illustrative » (opened,) of liberality
The poor » Give to » Liberally
Seven » Seven things opened » Hands, for benevolence
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Of lending
Business life » The credit system » Lending encouraged
Charity » The reward for being charitable
Credit system » Lending encouraged
hands » Illustrative » (opened,) of liberality
The poor » Give to » Liberally
Seven » Seven things opened » Hands, for benevolence
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Of lending
Deuteronomy 15:9 (show verse)
Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, ‘The seventh year, the year of canceling debts, is near,’ and you are stingy toward your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty.
Deuteronomy 15:10 (show verse)
Give to him, and don’t have a stingy heart when you give, and because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you do.
Deuteronomy 15:11 (show verse)
For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘You must willingly open your hand to your afflicted and poor brother in your land.’
Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
Charity » The reward for being charitable
Feast of sabbatical year » Release of, not to hinder the exercise of benevolence
Liberality » Should be exercised » Toward the poor
the Needy » General references to
The poor » Give to » Liberally
The poor » Shall never cease out of the land
The poor » General references to
Charity » The reward for being charitable
Feast of sabbatical year » Release of, not to hinder the exercise of benevolence
Liberality » Should be exercised » Toward the poor
the Needy » General references to
The poor » Give to » Liberally
The poor » Shall never cease out of the land
The poor » General references to
Deuteronomy 15:12 (show verse)
“If your fellow Hebrew, a man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, you must set him free in the seventh year.
Benevolence » The duty of » Moses injunction
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Release of all hebrew servants
Hebrew » Applied to » And his descendants
Liberality » Should be exercised » Toward servants
Sabbatic year » Israelite bondservants set free in
Sabbatic year » Creditors required to release debtors in
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites to have their liberty after six years service
Social duties » Benevolence, the duty of » Moses injunction
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Release of all hebrew servants
Hebrew » Applied to » And his descendants
Liberality » Should be exercised » Toward servants
Sabbatic year » Israelite bondservants set free in
Sabbatic year » Creditors required to release debtors in
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites to have their liberty after six years service
Social duties » Benevolence, the duty of » Moses injunction
Deuteronomy 15:13 (show verse)
When you set him free, do not send him away empty-handed.
Deuteronomy 15:14 (show verse)
Give generously to him from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You are to give him whatever the Lord your God has blessed you with.
Benevolence » The duty of » Moses injunction
Liberality » Should be exercised » Toward servants
Sabbatic year » Creditors required to release debtors in
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » To be furnished liberally, when their servitude expired
Social duties » Benevolence, the duty of » Moses injunction
Liberality » Should be exercised » Toward servants
Sabbatic year » Creditors required to release debtors in
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » To be furnished liberally, when their servitude expired
Social duties » Benevolence, the duty of » Moses injunction
Deuteronomy 15:15 (show verse)
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
Deuteronomy 15:16 (show verse)
But if your slave says to you, ‘I don’t want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your family, and is well off with you,
Deuteronomy 15:17 (show verse)
take an awl and pierce through his ear into the door, and he will become your slave for life. Also treat your female slave the same way.
Deuteronomy 15:18 (show verse)
Do not regard it as a hardship when you set him free, because he worked for you six years—worth twice the wages of a hired hand. Then the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
Deuteronomy 15:19 (show verse)
“You must consecrate to the Lord your God every firstborn male produced by your herd and flock. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work or shear the firstborn of your flock.
Deuteronomy 15:20 (show verse)
Each year you and your family are to eat it before the Lord your God in the place the Lord chooses.
Deuteronomy 15:21 (show verse)
But if there is a defect in the animal, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 15:22 (show verse)
Eat it within your gates; both the unclean person and the clean may eat it, as though it were a gazelle or deer.
Deuteronomy 15:23 (show verse)
But you must not eat its blood; pour it on the ground like water.