Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 15:1-23
Deuteronomy 15:1 . A release of all debts, as well as of servitude, at the end of the sixth year, to the poor who cannot pay. This is much the same as the English law of cancelling bookdebts at the end of six years. The insolvent poor ought not to be kept forever in despair. The creditor knows the law. Deuteronomy 15:4 . Save when there shall be no poor among you. This reading seems to contradict the eleventh verse: for the poor shall never cease. The margin must therefore be the true... read more
Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 15:1-23
Chapter 15Chapter fifteen,At the end of every seven years you're to make a release ( Deuteronomy 15:1 ).All of the debts were to be forgiven in the seventh year. Now, you're not to demand it again after the seventh year; you're not to ask for it again except for a foreigner or a stranger. Then you can demand it from them. But of the children of Israel it had to be totally forgiven.Now, also if it were, say, the sixth year, the seventh year was coming up very soon and some guy says, "Oh, I'd... read more