Deuteronomy 15:2

“And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’s release.”

"And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’s release." - Deuteronomy 15:2
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What does Deuteronomy 15:2 mean?

Deuteronomy 15:2 - "And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord's release." The book of Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the…

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The Lord's Release: A Divine Call to Generosity

Deuteronomy 15:2 states, "And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release." At first glance, this verse addresses the…

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A Prayer for Generosity and Release: Embracing the LORD's Release

O Lord Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, we come before You with hearts humbled and desiring to reflect Your generous Spirit. In the sacred Scriptures, we read in Deuteronomy 15:2, "And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour…

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Deuteronomy 15:2 - "And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release."
Deuteronomy 2:15 - "For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed."
Deuteronomy 3:15 - "And I gave Gilead unto Machir."
"For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed." - Deuteronomy 2:15
Deuteronomy 14:15 - "And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,"
Deuteronomy 15:1 - "At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release."
Deuteronomy 33:15 - "And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,"
Deuteronomy 15:15 - "And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day."
Deuteronomy 31:15 - "And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle."
Deuteronomy 11:15 - "And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full."
Deuteronomy 30:15 - "¶ See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;"
Deuteronomy 2:2 - "And the LORD spake unto me, saying,"
Deuteronomy 15:23 - "Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water."
"And I gave Gilead unto Machir." - Deuteronomy 3:15
Deuteronomy 15:3 - "Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;"
Deuteronomy 23:15 - "¶ Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:"
Deuteronomy 29:15 - "But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:"
Deuteronomy 15:22 - "Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart."
Deuteronomy 15:13 - "And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:"
Deuteronomy 22:15 - "Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:"
Deuteronomy 20:15 - "Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations."
Deuteronomy 15:21 - "And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God."
Deuteronomy 9:15 - "So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands."
Deuteronomy 15:20 - "Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household."
Deuteronomy 2:17 - "That the LORD spake unto me, saying,"
Deuteronomy 15:8 - "But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth."
Deuteronomy 15:5 - "Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day."
"At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release." - Deuteronomy 15:1
"And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind," - Deuteronomy 14:15