| Geneva Study Bible At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. Wesley's Notes 15:1 At the end - That is, in the last year of the seven, as is, most evident from De 15:9. And this year of release, as it is, called below, De 15:9, is the same with the sabbatical year, Ex 23:11. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary CHAPTER 15 De 15:1-11. The Seventh Year, a Year of Release for the Poor. 1. At the end of every seven years-during the last of the seven, that is, the sabbatical year (Ex 21:2; 23:11; Le 25:4; Jer 34:14). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 15:1-11 This year of release typified the grace of the gospel, in which is proclaimed the acceptable year of the Lord; and by which we obtain the release of our debts, that is, the pardon of our sins. The law is spiritual, and lays restraints upon the thoughts of the heart. We mistake, if we think thoughts are free from God's knowledge and check. That is a wicked heart indeed, which raises evil thoughts from the good law of God, as theirs did, who, because God had obliged them to the charity of forgiving, denied the charity of giving. Those who would keep from the act of sin, must keep out of their minds the very thought of sin. It is a dreadful thing to have the cry of the poor justly against us. Grudge not a kindness to thy brother; distrust not the providence of God. What thou doest, do freely, for God loves a cheerful giver, 2Co 9:7. | 
