Deuteronomy 15:14
in Deuteronomy 15You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; as Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
KJV
Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 15
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThou shalt furnish him - out of thy flock - Thou shalt give him some cattle to breed with; out of thy floor - some corn for seed and for bread; and out of thy wine press - an adequate provision of wine for present necessity.
This site's exposition
If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you
on Deuteronomy 15:12-14
Exodus 21:2-6 gave this law first. Here the Hebrew woman comes under the same six years and seventh-year freedom, which readers have long set beside Exodus 21:7.
This site's exposition
furnish him liberally from your flock
Adam Clarke reads the flock, the threshing floor and the winepress as a start in life for the freed servant. The gift is given as the LORD has blessed the master, the measure 16:10 and 16:17 set for gifts at the feasts.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thou shalt furnish him liberally,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
thou shalt not let him go away empty--A seasonable and wise provision for enabling a poor unfortunate to regain his original status in society, and the motive urged for his kindness and humanity to the Hebrew slave was the remembrance that the whole nation was once a degraded and persecuted band of helots in Egypt.
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Thou shalt furnish him liberally - The verb in the Hebrew is remarkable. It means “thou shalt lay on his neck,” “adorn his neck with thy gifts.”
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַעֲנֵ֤יק | haaneik | certainly <to provide> | H6059 → | |
| תַּעֲנִיק֙ | taanik | you will provide | H6059 → | |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | for <the> him | ||
| מִצֹּ֣אנְךָ֔ | mitzonekha | from flock your | H6629 → | 274 times |
| וּמִֽגָּרְנְךָ֖ | umigarenekha | and from threshing floor your | H1637 → | |
| וּמִיִּקְבֶ֑ךָ | umiyikvecha | and from wine-press your | H3342 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ʾasher | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בֵּרַכְךָ֛ | berakha | he has blessed you | H1288 → | 330 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| תִּתֶּן־ | titen- | you will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לֽוֹ׃ | lo | to <the> him |
הַעֲנֵ֤יקcertainly <to provide>
haaneikH6059 →
תַּעֲנִיק֙you will provide
taanikH6059 →
ל֔וֹfor <the> him
lo
מִצֹּ֣אנְךָ֔from flock your
mitzonekhaH6629 →274 times
וּמִֽגָּרְנְךָ֖and from threshing floor your
umigarenekhaH1637 →
וּמִיִּקְבֶ֑ךָand from wine-press your
umiyikvechaH3342 →
אֲשֶׁ֧ר[that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בֵּרַכְךָ֛he has blessed you
berakhaH1288 →330 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
תִּתֶּן־you will give
titen-H5414 →2011 times
לֽוֹ׃to <the> him
lo
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
it leads to
- Psalms 107:38
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
- Genesis 26:12
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
- 1 Samuel 2:7–8
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- Psalms 107:38
Through
Nehemiah 8:10Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve,…
it leads to
- Psalms 28:7–8
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
- Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
- Psalms 28:7–8
Through
Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
it leads to
- Hebrews 13:16
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- Proverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6–12
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- Hebrews 13:16
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.