Deuteronomy 15:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 15 The seventh year a year of release, Deuteronomy 15:1, to their brethren only, Deuteronomy 15:2,3. God promiseth to bless them in the land of Canaan, Deuteronomy 15:4-6; and commandeth them to lend freely to the poor, Deuteronomy 15:7-18. The firstlings to be sanctified and eaten before the Lord, Deuteronomy 15:19-23. i.e. In the last year of the seven, as is most evident from Deuteronomy 15:9 Exodus 21:2 Jeremiah 34:14. So the like phrase is oft used, as Deuteronomy 14:28 Joshua 3:2 Jeremiah 25:12 Luke 2:21 Acts 2:1. And this year of release, as it is called below, Deuteronomy 15:9, is the same with the sabbatical year, Exodus 23:11 Leviticus 25:4.

Deuteronomy 15:1

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