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Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 15

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Chapter 15 of Deuteronomy—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ “At the end of every seven years you should make a release.
  2. And this is the manner of the release:1 there will be a releasing[a] by every creditor of the debt[b] that he may let his fellow incur. He should not press his fellow or his brother for payment,2 because a release to Jehovah must be called.[c]3
  3. The foreigner4 you may press for payment; but whatever of yours may prove to be with your brother let your hand release.
  4. However, no one should come to be poor among you, because Jehovah will without fail bless5 you in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you as an inheritance to take possession of it,6
  5. only if you will without fail listen to the voice of Jehovah your God so as to be careful to do all this commandment that I am commanding you today.7
  6. For Jehovah your God will indeed bless you just as he has promised you, and you will certainly lend8 on pledge to many nations, whereas you yourself will not borrow; and you must dominate over many nations, whereas over you they will not dominate.9
  7. ¶ “In case some one of your brothers becomes poor among you in one of your cities,[d] in your land that Jehovah your God is giving you, you must not harden your heart or be closefisted toward your poor brother.10
  8. For you should generously open your hand to him11 and by all means lend him on pledge as much as he needs, which he is in want of.
  9. Watch out for yourself for fear a base word[e] should come to be in your heart,12 saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of the release,[f] has come close,’13 and your eye should indeed become ungenerous toward your poor brother,14 and you should give him nothing, and he has to call out to Jehovah against you,15 and it has become a sin on your part.16
  10. You should by all means give to him,17 and your heart should not be stingy in your giving to him, because on this account Jehovah your God will bless you in every deed of yours and in every undertaking of yours.18
  11. For someone poor will never cease to be in the midst of the land.19 That is why I am commanding you, saying, ‘You should generously open up your hand to your afflicted and poor brother[g] in your land.’20
  12. ¶ “In case there should be sold to you your brother, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess,21 and he has served you six years, then in the seventh year you should send him out from you as one set free.22
  13. And in case you should send him out from you as one set free, you must not send him out empty-handed.23
  14. You should surely equip him with something from your flock and your threshing floor and your oil and winepress. Just as Jehovah your God has blessed you, you should give to him.24
  15. And you must remember that you became a slave in the land of Egypt and Jehovah your God proceeded to redeem you.25 That is why I am commanding you this thing today.
  16. ¶ “And it must occur that in case he says to you, ‘I shall not go out from your company!’ because he does love you and your household, since it was well with him while with you,26
  17. you must also take an awl and put it through his ear and to the door, and he must become your slave to time indefinite.27 And to your slave girl you should also do this way.
  18. It should not be something hard in your eyes when you send him out from your company as one set free;28 because for double the value of a hired laborer29 he served you six years, and Jehovah your God has blessed you in everything that you would do.30
  19. ¶ “Every male firstborn that will be born in your herd and in your flock you should sanctify to Jehovah your God.31 You must do no service with the firstborn of your bull, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.32
  20. Before Jehovah your God you should eat it year by year in the place that Jehovah will choose,33 you and your household.
  21. And in case there should prove to be in it a defect, being lame or blind, any bad defect, you must not sacrifice it to Jehovah your God.34
  22. Inside your gates you should eat it, the unclean one and the clean one together,35 like the gazelle and like the stag.36
  23. Only its blood you must not eat.37 Upon the earth you should pour it out as water.38

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “There will be a releasing.” In Heb. this is a verb in the infinitive absolute, indefinite as to time.
  2. ^ Lit., “every owner of a debt of his hand.”
  3. ^ Lit., “one (he) must call.”
  4. ^ “Cities,” LXXSy; MSam, “gates”; Vg, “within the gates of your city.”
  5. ^ Or, “a word of belial (worthlessness).”
  6. ^ “The year of the release.” Lat., anʹnus re·mis·si·oʹnis.
  7. ^ Or, “to your brother, to your afflicted one and to your poor one.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Le 25:2
  2. ^ Jm 2:13
  3. ^ De 31:10
  4. ^ Ex 12:43; De 14:21; 23:20
  5. ^ De 14:29; 28:8; Pr 11:25; 14:21; 28:27
  6. ^ Nu 33:53; Ps 135:12
  7. ^ De 4:40; Jos 1:7; Is 1:19
  8. ^ De 28:12; Pr 22:7
  9. ^ De 28:13; 1Ki 4:24
  10. ^ Pr 21:13; Jm 2:16; 1Jo 3:17
  11. ^ Le 25:35; Ps 37:26; Pr 19:17; Mt 5:42; Lu 6:35; Ga 2:10
  12. ^ Pr 4:23; Je 17:10; Mt 15:19
  13. ^ De 15:1
  14. ^ Pr 28:22; 1Pe 4:9
  15. ^ Ex 22:23; De 24:15; Jb 34:28; Pr 21:13; Jm 5:4
  16. ^ Mt 25:45; Jm 4:17
  17. ^ Ac 20:35; 2Co 9:7; 1Ti 6:18; Heb 13:16
  18. ^ De 15:4; 24:19; Ps 41:1; Pr 22:9; Is 32:8; 2Co 9:8
  19. ^ Mt 26:11
  20. ^ Pr 3:27; Mt 5:42; Lu 12:33; Ac 2:45
  21. ^ Ex 21:2; Le 25:39
  22. ^ De 15:1; Je 34:14
  23. ^ Ex 3:21; 12:36; Pr 3:27; Col 4:1
  24. ^ Pr 10:22; Ac 20:35
  25. ^ Ex 20:2; De 5:15; Mt 18:33
  26. ^ Ex 21:5
  27. ^ Ex 21:6
  28. ^ De 15:10
  29. ^ Le 19:13; De 24:15
  30. ^ Ge 30:30
  31. ^ Ex 13:2; 34:19; Le 27:26; Nu 3:13; 18:15, 17
  32. ^ Ex 22:30; De 12:6
  33. ^ De 12:5; 14:23; 16:11
  34. ^ Le 22:20; De 17:1; Ml 1:8; Heb 9:14
  35. ^ De 12:15, 22
  36. ^ De 14:5; 1Ki 4:23
  37. ^ Ge 9:4; Le 7:26; 17:10; 1Sa 14:33; Ac 15:20
  38. ^ Le 17:13; De 12:16

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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