Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 15:2

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2. Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it —not by an absolute discharge of the debt, but by passing over that year without exacting payment. The relief was temporary and peculiar to that year during which there was a total suspension of agricultural labor. he shall not exact it . . . of his brother —that is, an Israelite, so called in opposition to a stranger or foreigner. because it is called the Lord's release —The reason for acquitting a debtor at that particular period proceeded from obedience to the command, and a regard for the honor, of God; an acknowledgment of holding their property of Him, and gratitude for His kindness. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-deu-15-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/deu-15-2

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological