You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today.
God's people must not be held in perpetual slavery; thus are His spiritual Israel called unto liberty. When released, masters must furnish them with stock to begin again, for they leave with nothing of their own. A servant who chooses to stay for life gets reputation among some as quiet and contented, among others as one without due sense of freedom's honor.
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Commenting on Deuteronomy 15:12-18
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt,.... Where they were used hardly, and their lives were made bitter in hard bondage; and therefore should show the greater compassion to servants, whose case they could not but sympathize with, and have a fellow feeling of and the Lord thy God redeemed thee; from the house of bondage and state...
Debtors sold into slavery when their property could not cover debt faced a six-year limit, no longer. They gained freedom either after six years or at the jubilee, whichever came first, even if their full term had not expired.
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Commenting on Deuteronomy 15:12-19