Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Deuteronomy Chapter 15
Overview
Deu 15:1, The seventh year a year of release for the poor; Deu 15:7, It must be no let of lending or giving; Deu 15:12, An Hebrew servant, except he will not depart, must in the seventh year go forth free and well furnished; Deu 15:19, All firstling males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord.
Deu 31:10; Exo 21:2, Exo 23:10, Exo 23:11; Lev 25:2-4; Isa 61:1-3; Jer 36:8-18; Luk 4:18, Luk 4:19
creditor that lendeth: Heb. master of the lending of his hand
exact it: Neh 5:7-11; Isa 58:3; Amo 8:4-6; Mat 6:12, Mat 6:14, Mat 6:15, Mat 18:25-35; Luk 6:34-38; Luk 7:42; Jam 2:13
Deu 23:20; Exo 22:25; Mat 17:25, Mat 17:26; Joh 8:35; Co1 6:6, Co1 6:7; Gal 6:10
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 Deu 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: Deu 14:29, Deu 28:1-8, Deu 28:11; Pro 11:24, Pro 11:25, Pro 14:21, Pro 28:27; Isa 58:10, Isa 58:11
Deu 4:9, Deu 11:13-15, Deu 28:1-15; Lev 26:3-14; Jos 1:7; Psa 19:11; Isa 1:19, Isa 1:20; Phi 1:27
thou shalt lend: Deu 28:12, Deu 28:44; Psa 37:21, Psa 37:26, Psa 112:5; Pro 22:7; Luk 6:35
thou shalt reign: Deu 28:13; Kg1 4:21, Kg1 4:24; Ch2 9:26; Ezr 4:20; Neh 9:27
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: Deu 15:9; Pro 21:13; Mat 18:30; Jam 2:15, Jam 2:16; Jo1 3:16, Jo1 3:17
Beware: Pro 4:23; Jer 17:10; Mat 15:19; Mar 7:21, Mar 7:22; Rom 7:8, Rom 7:9; Jam 4:5
thought: etc. Heb. word with thine heart of Belial
thine eye: Deu 28:54-56; Pro 23:6, Pro 24:9, Pro 28:22; Mat 20:15; Jam 5:9; Pe1 4:9
he cry: Deu 24:15; Exo 3:7, Exo 22:23; Job 34:28; Psa 9:12; Pro 21:13; Jam 5:4
sin unto thee: Mat 25:41-45; Jam 4:17; Jo1 3:15-17
thine heart: Mat 25:40; Act 20:35; Rom 12:8; Co2 9:5-7; Ti1 6:18, Ti1 6:19; Pe1 4:11
because: Deu 15:4, Deu 14:19, Deu 14:29, Deu 24:19; Psa 41:1, Psa 41:2; Pro 11:24, Pro 11:25, Pro 22:9; Isa 32:8, Isa 58:10; Co2 9:8-11; Phi 4:18, Phi 4:19; Heb 13:16
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. Pro 22:2; Mat 26:11; Mar 14:7; Joh 12:8
Thou shalt: Deu 15:8; Mat 5:42; Luk 12:33; Act 2:45, Act 4:32-35, Act 11:28-30; Co2 8:2-9; Jo1 3:16-18
Deu 15:1; Exo 21:2-6; Lev 25:39-41; Jer 34:14; Joh 8:35, Joh 8:36
This is a most humane and merciful addition to the law in Exo 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 (Deu 15:14).
Gen 31:42; Exo 3:21; Lev 25:42-44; Pro 3:27, Pro 3:28; Jer 22:13; Mal 3:5; Col 4:1
the Lord: Neh 8:10; Psa 68:10; Pro 10:22; Act 20:35; Co1 16:2
Deu 5:14, Deu 5:15, Deu 16:12; Exo 20:2; Isa 51:1; Mat 6:14, Mat 6:15, Mat 18:32, Mat 18:33; Eph 1:7; Eph 2:12, Eph 4:32, Eph 5:1, Eph 5:2; Tit 2:14; Jo1 3:16, Jo1 4:9-11
Exo 21:5, Exo 21:6; Psa 40:6, Psa 40:8
for ever: Lev 25:39-42; Sa1 1:22
shall not: Deu 15:10
a double: Isa 16:14, Isa 21:16; Luk 17:7, Luk 17:8
the firstling: Exo 13:2, Exo 13:12, Exo 34:19; Lev 27:26; Num 3:13, Num 18:17; Rom 8:29; Heb 12:23
thou shalt do: Deu 12:5-7, Deu 12:17, Deu 14:23, Deu 16:11, Deu 16:14; Num 18:15
Deu 17:1; Lev 22:20, Lev 22:24; Mal 1:7, Mal 1:8
the unclean: Deu 12:15, Deu 12:21, Deu 12:22
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 (Sa2 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 (Kg1 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.