Go
Articles on

Deuteronomy 15

Deut. 15:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
13
And when thou sendest
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
him out free
chophshiy (Hebrew #2670)
exempt (from bondage, tax or care)
KJV usage: free, liberty.
Pronounce: khof-shee'
Origin: from 2666
from thee, thou shalt not let him go away
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
empty
reyqam (Hebrew #7387)
emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly
KJV usage: without cause, empty, in vain, void.
Pronounce: ray-kawm'
Origin: from 7386
:

Cross References

+
This is a most humane and merciful addition to the law in Ex 21:2-11; enforced upon the Israelites by the consideration of their Egyptian bondage.
As a faithful servant has made no property for himself while honestly serving his master, so now, when he quits his service, he has nothing to begin the world with except what the kindness of his master may bestow upon him as a remuneration for his zeal and fidelity.
Though what was to be bestowed upon servants is not fixed, yet they were to be liberally supplied.
(ver. 14.)
Gen. 31:42• 42Had not the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, been with me, it is certain thou wouldest have sent me away now empty. God has looked upon my affliction and the labour of my hands, and has judged last night. (Gen. 31:42)
;
Ex. 3:21• 21And I will give this people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians, and it shall come to pass, when ye go out, that ye shall not go out empty; (Ex. 3:21)
;
Lev. 25:42‑44• 42For they are my bondmen, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as men sell bondmen.
 43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God.
 44And as for thy bondman and thy handmaid whom thou shalt have--of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and handmaids. (Lev. 25:42‑44)
;
Prov. 3:27‑28• 27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
 28Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee. (Prov. 3:27‑28)
;
Jer. 22:13• 13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his upper chambers by injustice; that taketh his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not his earning; (Jer. 22:13)
;
Mal. 3:5• 5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)
;
Col. 4:1• 1Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that *ye* also have a Master in the heavens. (Col. 4:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
13
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty;