Deuteronomy 15

Verse 1

WEB At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.

KJV At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

TSK At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.: de 31:10, ex 21:2, ex 23:10,11, le 25:2-4, isa 61:1-3, jer 36:8-18, lu 4:18,19

Verse 2

WEB This is the way of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Yahweh’s release has been proclaimed.

KJV And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release.

TSK exact it: ne 5:7-11, isa 58:3, am 8:4-6, mt 6:12,14,15, mt 18:25-35, lu 6:34-38, lu 7:42, jas 2:13

Verse 3

WEB Of a foreigner you may exact it: but whatever of your is with your brother your hand shall release.

KJV Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;

TSK Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;: de 23:20, ex 22:25, mt 17:25,26, joh 8:35, 1co 6:6,7, ga 6:10

Verse 4

WEB However there shall be no poor with you; (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it;)

KJV Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

TSK greatly bless: de 14:29, de 28:1-8,11, pr 11:24,25, pr 14:21, pr 28:27, isa 58:10,11

Verse 5

WEB if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you this day.

KJV Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.

TSK Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.: de 4:9, de 11:13-15, de 28:1-15, le 26:3-14, jos 1:7, ps 19:11, isa 1:19,20, php 1:27

Verse 6

WEB For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you: and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

KJV For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

TSK thou shalt lend: de 28:12,44, ps 37:21,26, ps 112:5, pr 22:7, lu 6:35; thou shalt reign: de 28:13, 1ki 4:21,24, 2ch 9:26, ezr 4:20, ne 9:27

Verse 7

WEB If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

KJV If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

TSK thou shalt: de 15:9, pr 21:13, mt 18:30, jas 2:15,16, 1jo 3:16,17

Verse 8

WEB but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.

KJV But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 9

WEB Beware that there not be a base thought in your 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 to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

KJV Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

TSK Beware: pr 4:23, jer 17:10, mt 15:19, mr 7:21,22, ro 7:8,9, jas 4:5; thine eye: de 28:54-56, pr 23:6, pr 24:9, pr 28:22, mt 20:15, jas 5:9, 1pe 4:9; he cry: de 24:15, ex 3:7, ex 22:23, job 34:28, ps 9:12, pr 21:13, jas 5:4; sin unto thee: mt 25:41-45, jas 4:17, 1jo 3:15-17

Verse 10

WEB You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.

KJV Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

TSK thine heart: mt 25:40, ac 20:35, ro 12:8, 2co 9:5-7, 1ti 6:18,19, 1pe 4:11; because: de 15:4, de 14:19,29, de 24:19, ps 41:1,2, pr 11:24,25, pr 22:9, isa 32:8, isa 58:10, 2co 9:8-11, php 4:18,19, heb 13:16

Verse 11

WEB For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

KJV For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

TSK the poor: pr 22:2, mt 26:11, mr 14:7, joh 12:8; Thou shalt: de 15:8, mt 5:42, lu 12:33, ac 2:45, ac 4:32-35, ac 11:28-30, 2co 8:2-9, 1jo 3:16-18

Verse 12

WEB If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

KJV And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

TSK And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.: de 15:1, ex 21:2-6, le 25:39-41, jer 34:14, joh 8:35,36

Verse 13

WEB When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:

KJV And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

TSK And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:: ge 31:42, ex 3:21, le 25:42-44, pr 3:27,28, jer 22:13, mal 3:5, col 4:1

Verse 14

WEB you shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, and out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress; as Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.

KJV Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

TSK the Lord: ne 8:10, ps 68:10, pr 10:22, ac 20:35, 1co 16:2

Verse 15

WEB You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you: therefore I command you this thing today.

KJV And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

TSK And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.: de 5:14,15, de 16:12, ex 20:2, isa 51:1, mt 6:14,15, mt 18:32,33, eph 1:7, eph 2:12, eph 4:32, eph 5:1,2, tit 2:14, 1jo 3:16, 1jo 4:9-11

Verse 16

WEB It shall be, if he tells you, “I will not go out from you;” because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

KJV And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

TSK And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;: ex 21:5,6, ps 40:6,8

Verse 17

WEB then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.

KJV Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

TSK for ever: le 25:39-42, 1sa 1:22

Verse 18

WEB It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you; for to the double of the hire of a hireling has he served you six years: and Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.

KJV It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

TSK a double: isa 16:14, isa 21:16, lu 17:7,8

Verse 19

WEB All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify to Yahweh your God: you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

KJV All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

TSK the firstling: ex 13:2,12, ex 34:19, le 27:26, nu 3:13, nu 18:17, ro 8:29, heb 12:23; thou shalt do: de 12:5-7,17, de 14:23, de 16:11,14, nu 18:15

Verse 20

WEB You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household.

KJV Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.

TSK Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.: de 12:5-7,17

Verse 21

WEB If it has any blemish, is lame or blind, or has any defect whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.

KJV And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.

TSK And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.: de 17:1, le 22:20,24, mal 1:7,8

Verse 22

WEB You shall eat it within your gates: the unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.

KJV Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

TSK the unclean: de 12:15,21,22

Verse 23

WEB Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground as water.

KJV Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

TSK Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.: de 12:16,23, le 7:26, 1sa 14:32, eze 33:25