Deu 15:7-11, Pro 19:17, Isa 58:7-10, Luk 3:11, 2Cor 8:9, 14-15, 9:5-9 | TSK | STEP | there be.Lest the preceding law might render the Israelites cautious in lending to the poor, Moses here warns them against being led by so mean a principle; but to lend liberally, and God would reward them. thou shalt.

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

there be.Lest the preceding law might render the Israelites cautious in lending to the poor, Moses here warns them against being led by so mean a principle; but to lend liberally, and God would reward them.

thou shalt.

9; Pr 21:13; Mt 18:30; Jas 2:15,16; 1Jo 3:16,17

Beware.

Pr 4:23; Jer 17:10; Mt 15:19; Mr 7:21,22; Ro 7:8,9; Jas 4:5

thought, etc. Heb. word with thine heart of Belial. thineeye.

28:54-56; Pr 23:6; 24:9; 28:22; Mt 20:15; Jas 5:9; 1Pe 4:9

he cry.

24:15; Ex 3:7; 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

thine heart.

Mt 25:40; Ac 20:35; Ro 12:8; 2Co 9:5-7; 1Ti 6:18,19; 1Pe 4:11

because.

4; 14:19,29; 24:19; Ps 41:1,2; Pr 11:24,25; 22:9; Isa 32:8; 58:10

2Co 9:8-11; Php 4:18,19; Heb 13:16

the poor.Although Moses, by the statutes relative to the division of the land, and inheritance, and the inalienable nature of it, had studied to prevent any Israelite from being born poor, yet he exhorts them to the exercise of the tenderest compassion and most benevolent actions; and not to refuse assistance to the decayed Israelite, though the sabbatical year drew nigh.

Pr 22:2; Mt 26:11; Mr 14:7; Joh 12:8

Thou shalt.

8; Mt 5:42; Lu 12:33; Ac 2:45; 4:32-35; 11:28-30; 2Co 8:2-9

1Jo 3:16-18

Proverbs 19:17

that hath.

14:21; 28:8,27; 2Sa 12:6; Ec 11:1

lendeth.

11:24,25; 28:27; De 15:7-14; Isa 58:7-11; Mt 10:41,42; 25:40

2Co 9:6-8; Php 4:17; Heb 6:10

that which he hath given. or, his deed.

Isaiah 58:7-10

to deal.

10; Job 22:7; 31:18-21; Ps 112:9; Pr 22:9; 25:21; 28:27; Ec 11:1,2

Eze 18:7,16; Da 4:27; Mt 25:35-40; Lu 11:41; 19:8; Ro 12:20,21

2Co 9:6-10; 1Ti 5:10; Phm 1:7; Jas 2:15,16; 1Jo 3:17,18

bring.

16:3,4; Ge 18:2-5; 19:2; Jud 19:20,21; Ac 16:15,34; Ro 12:13

Heb 13:2,3

cast out. or, afflicted. the naked.

2Ch 28:15; Job 31:19,20; Eze 18:7; Mt 25:35-45; Lu 3:11

thine own.

Ge 19:14; Jud 9:2; Ne 5:5; Lu 10:26-36; 1Jo 3:17

thy light.

10,11; Job 11:17; Ps 37:6; 97:11; 112:4; Pr 4:18; Ho 6:3; Mal 4:2

and thine.

57:18; Jer 33:6; Ho 6:2; 14:4; Mt 13:15

and thy.

Ps 85:13; Ac 10:4,31,35

the glory.

52:12; Ex 14:19

be thy rereward. Heb. gather thee up.

shalt thou.

1:15; 30:19; 65:24; Ps 34:15-17; 37:4; 50:15; 66:18,19; 91:15; 118:5

Jer 29:12,13; Mt 7:7,8; 1Jo 3:21,22

Here.

Ge 27:18; 1Sa 3:4-8

the yoke.

the putting.

57:4; Pr 6:13

speaking.

59:3,4; Ps 12:2; Eze 13:8; Zec 10:2

thou draw.

7; De 15:7-10; Ps 41:1; 112:5-9; Pr 11:24,25; 14:31; 28:27; Lu 18:22

thy soul.Instead of {naphshecha,} "thy soul," eleven MSS. read {lachmecha,} "thy bread," which is adopted by Bp. Lowth; but "to draw out the soul" in relieving the poor, probably means to do it not of constraint, but cheerfully.

then.

8; 29:18; Job 11:17; Ps 37:6