Apr 11, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
It shall not seem hard to you when you send him away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired servant in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all that you do. (Deuteronomy 15:18) This passage is specifically addressing the issue...
Apr 10, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. (Deuteronomy 15:12) In keeping with the theme of release, Moses reiterates the laws regarding an עבד eved or...
Apr 9, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin among you. (Deuteronomy...
Apr 8, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you. (Deuteronomy 15:6) As with most promises given to us as God’s people,...
Apr 7, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release of debts. And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s...
Apr 6, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. (Deuteronomy 14:21) There is an interesting comment in Jewish...
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