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Deuteronomy 15:3

in Deuteronomy 15

You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall release.

KJV

Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;

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This verse in Deuteronomy 15

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts

on Deuteronomy 15:1-3

The seventh year rests the land in Exodus 23:10-11 and Leviticus 25:2-7, and here the same year releases the loan. So the sabbatical principle reaches from the field to the ledger.

This site's exposition

collect something from a foreigner

The line between brother and foreigner drawn here returns at 23:20, where a foreigner may be charged interest and a brother may be charged none. Matthew Henry reads the brother's release as a lesson in forgiving injuries as God forgives. The Lord's Prayer asks the same at Matthew 6:12.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again,.... Either on the seventh year, or after it: but that which is thine with thy brother, thine hand shall release; a debt that lies between them, where the one is the creditor, and the other debtor, the creditor shall freely and fully forgive the debtor.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again--Admission to all the religious privileges of the Israelites was freely granted to heathen proselytes, though this spiritual incorporation did not always imply an equal participation of civil rights and privileges (Le 25:44;

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The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַנָּכְרִ֖יthe foreigner

    hanakheriH5237 →45 times

  • תִּגֹּ֑שׂyou will press

    tigosH5065 →

  • וַאֲשֶׁ֨רand [that] which

    vaasherH834 →5497 times

  • יִהְיֶ֥הit will belong

    yihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • לְךָ֛to <the> you

    lekha

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854 →929 times

  • אָחִ֖יךָcountryman your

    ʾachikhaH251 →630 times

  • תַּשְׁמֵ֥טlet it release

    tashmetH8058 →

  • יָדֶֽךָ׃hand your

    yadekhaH3027 →1618 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 23:20You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.7 works1 Corinthians 6:6–7Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!2 worksJohn 8:35A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.2 worksGalatians 6:10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.2 worksMatthew 17:25–26“Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”2 worksExodus 22:25If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Galatians 6:10

    Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

    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 3:27

      Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.

    • 1 Thessalonians 5:15

      Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

    • Titus 3:8

      This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable…

    • Matthew 25:40

      And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

  • Through

    John 8:35

    A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

    it leads to

    • Galatians 4:4–7

      But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

    • Luke 15:31

      ‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.

    • Romans 8:15–17

      For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 15 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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