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Deuteronomy
Chapter 15
1
At the end of every seven years
you
shall make a release.
{all Jewish debts should be forgiven}
2
And this is the manner of the release.
Every
creditor who lends anything
unto
his neighbor shall release it;
he
shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother;
because
it is called Jehovah/God's release.
3
Of a foreigner you may exact it again.
But
that which is your with your brother
your
hand shall release;
4
Save when there shall be no poor among you;
for
Jehovah/God shall greatly bless you
in
the land which Jehovah/God your Elohiym/Godhead
gives
you for an inheritance to possess it.
5
Only if you carefully 'hear, listen and obey' {shama'}
unto
the voice of Jehovah/God your Elohiym/Godhead,
to
observe to do all these commandments
which
I command you this day.
6
For Jehovah/God your Elohiym/Godhead blesses you,
as
He promised you.
And
you shall lend unto many nations,
but
you shall not borrow;
and
you shall reign over many nations,
but
they shall not reign over you.
7
If there be among you a poor man of one of your brethren
within
any of your gates in your land which Jehovah/God
your
Elohiym/Godhead gives you,
you
shall not harden your heart,
nor
shut your hand from your poor brother.
8
But you shall open your hand wide unto him,
and
shall surely lend him sufficient for his need,
in
that which he wants/needs.
9
Beware that there be not a thought in your wicked heart, saying,
The
seventh year, the year of release, is at hand;
and
your eye be evil against your poor brother,
and
you give him nothing;
and
he cry unto Jehovah/God against you,
and
it be sin unto you.
10
You shall surely give him,
and
your heart/'right lobe' shall not be grieved
when
you give unto him.
Because
that for this thing Jehovah/God your Elohiym/Godhead
shall
bless you in all your works,
and
in all that you put your hand unto.
11
For the poor shall never cease out of the land.
Therefore
I command you, saying,
you
shall open your hand wide unto your brother,
to
your poor, and to your needy, in your land.
{Note:
Jesus reaffirmed this. For the poor you will have with you always .
. . This means throughout the Church Age, there will always be poor.
Be relaxed about it. Give as God has blessed you, but do not 'worry'
and 'fret' about the poor. They are part of God's plan also.}
{Release
of Indentured Jewish Slaves}
12~~And
if your brother,
an
Hebrew man,
or
an Hebrew woman,
be
sold unto you {indentured servant},
and
serve you six years;
then
on the seventh year
you
shall let him go free from you.
13~~
And when you send him out free from you,
you
shall not let him go away empty.
14~~
You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock,
and
out of your floor
{where they cut the flour and stored it - stored goods},
and
out of your winepress
of
that wherewith Jehovah/God your Elohiym/Godhead
has
blessed you, you shall give unto him.
15~~And
you shall remember
that
you were a slave in the land of Egypt,
and
Jehovah/God your Elohiym/Godhead redeemed you.
Therefore
I command you this thing today.
16
And it shall be, if he say unto you,
I
will not go away from you;
because
he loves you and your house,
because
he is well with you; 17
then
you shall take an awl,
and
thrust it through his ear unto the door,
and
he shall be your servant for ever.
And
also unto your maidservant you shall do likewise.
{Note:
Sometimes a slave knew his master was so kind that he was much
better off with that master than to try and make it alone in the hard
world. This was a literal practice. His ear would be pinned to the
door and the scar on his ear would demonstrate this was of his own
volition. Slavery is NOT anti-biblical. Today it has become a liberal
cause and is a 'social taboo'. And, note also that this is NOT a
racial issue. All people of one race are not 'slaves'. Slavery is a
state of mind. Here the person desires to remain a slave. Paul tells
us if you are a slave remember you are a free man in Christ. And, if
you are a master, remember you are the slave of the Lord - humility.}
18
It shall not seem hard unto you,
when
you send him away free from you;
for
he has been worth a double hired servant to you,
in
serving you six years.
And
Jehovah/God your Elohiym/Godhead
shall
bless you in all that you do.
19
All the firstling males that come of your herd
and
of your flock you shall sanctify
unto
Jehovah/God your Elohiym/Godhead.
You
shall do no work with the firstling of your bullock,
nor
shear the firstling of your sheep.
20
You shall eat it before Jehovah/God your Elohiym/Godhead
year
by year in the place which Jehovah/God shall choose,
you
and your household.
21
And if there be any blemish therein,
as
if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish,
you
shall not sacrifice it unto Jehovah/God your Elohiym/Godhead.
22
You shall eat it within your gates.
The
unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike,
as
the roebuck, and as the hart.
23
Only you shall not eat the blood thereof;
you
shall pour it upon the ground as water.
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