Calvin's on Deuteronomy 15:13

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13. And when thou sendest him out free from thee . Here not only is the enfranchisement of slaves enjoined, but an exhortation to liberality is also added, viz., that they should not send away their slaves without their hire; for this is not a civil enactment for the purpose of extorting from the avaricious more than they were willing to give. The rule of Paul here applies: “Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” ( 2 Corinthians 9:7 .) But, since the Hebrew slaves were brethren, God would not allow them to be placed in a worse condition than hirelings. That He commands them to be furnished out of the wine-press, and floor, and flock, does not mean that they were to be enriched, or that a large provision should be assigned to them, but He justly lays a constraint on the rich, whose varied abundance supplied them with the means of liberality; as if He would show them from whence they received their gratuitous gifts, which were at the same time a just compensation for the labors of their slaves. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"

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Source

• source-manifest/cal — Calvin's Commentaries (PD)
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