The Shemittah Release, the Land Sabbath and Deu-15-1-To-3

The shemittah release, the land sabbath and Deu-15-1-to-3

Subtitle: Word Study of H8059 shemittah release

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Introduction

The article initially started as a simple word study on the Hebrew word shemittah (#H8059) which is initially found in Deuteronomy chapter 15. It initially sparked my interest for a couple of reasons, the first was the relative uniqueness of the word [1] and the other reason was because of my passion for Torah Equity.[2] When I read the words… release, lendeth, creditor, “debtor” (by implication the creditors neighbour or brother) … I knew there was something there to investigate. All of these words are right in the “sweet spot” of Torah Equity.

Deuteronomy 15:1-3 – The initial verses in question

15:1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 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, 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;

Deuteronomy 14:29 – The Previous Verse for Context

14:29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

Comments

The verse prior to Deu 15:1-3 is (obviously) the last verse of the previous chapter (Deu 14:29) this is important because going back a few verses gives the reader context which is always good. I contend this because the topic is what James calls “pure religion”[3]and is a key goal of Torah Equity which is to have every righteous individual gain access to their talents so as to finance their micro private welfare system for the benefits of the Children of Israel who are in your midst.

This verse is talking about a most important term and condition of the covenant we have with YHVH thy Elohim (KJV “the LORD thy God”). Each individual Israelite is to be the welfare provider (which is done on the private side) and to not delegate this authority to others (the modern day welfare system which is done on the public side). Quidpro quo (something for something else) is a necessary element of a contract.

By the Israelite performing the act of being a private welfare provider and taking on the responsibility as the trustee of those talents (quid), then he should have the expectation (quo) that YHVH will bless him. This leads us into Deu 15:1-3 where a more specific element of the T & C’s of the contract/covenant is mentioned namely the laws on SheMiTaH (release) are articulated. Before we go there let’s do a quick word study.

Shemittah Word Study

I want to key in on a couple of Hebrew words sehemittah and they are…

H8058 is comprised of the letters Sheen Mem Tet SheMiT;
This word is also in Deu 15:2-3 and the only other place it’s mentioned in the Torah is Exo 23:11
H8059 is comprised of the letters Sheen Mem Tet Hey SheMiTaH.; see Deu 15:1-2, 9, 31:10 (only places in the bible).
the only place in the whole bible where this verse is found is in this chapter Deu 15:1-2, 9, 31:10 which are listed above

Other references to shemittah.

Deu 15:9 – First reference in the bible to the Evil Eye

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year (HaSheMiTaH) of releaseH8059, is at hand; and thine eye be evil[4]against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.Deu 15:9 KJV

Comment

The strategy of Jack Smith (which I contend is biblical) is to initially take a full acceptance of the charge being made against your strawman. If that is your habit then the charge of having an evil eye can not be made by others and therefore cannot be presented to our heavenly father for adjudication. This is true of course if your performing the shemittah.

Deu 31:9-13 - Moses delivers the law unto the priests to be read in the seventh year

And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release (HaSheMiTaH) H8059, in the feast of tabernacles, 11 When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: 13 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. (Deu 31:9-13 KJV)

Verse by Verse

15:1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make (SheMiTaH) a release.H8059

15:2 And this is the manner[5] of the (HaSheMiTaH) releaseH8059: Every creditor[6] that lendeth[7]ought unto his neighbour shall release (ShaMoT) H8058it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S (SheMiTaH) release.H8059

the manner: This is debar (H1697) which means words. Can we think of this as being a written document of words that describe the debt and the we, as the accommodating party, can indorse thereby releasing the debt.

YHVH’s release: If we are to release the poor of their debt which shall never last for more seven years, then the question how to we do that? We look in our accounting books i.e. our books and records and formally release the debt. Maybe we indorse the charging instrument we have against our poor brother. We do this because were told to but also because it’s done in similar way by the one who we are indebted to names YHVH. It seems reasonable to me that if we do what were suppose to do to the poor then in his accounting book (the book of life?) we will act accordingly i.e. he will release our debt. If you will this is a double accounting.

15:3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand (ThaSh-MeT) shall release;H8058

foreigner: If I’m arguing against the public welfare state am I arguing for completely defunding the federal government? But the size of the federal government would be radically smaller if we individually took responsibility of t he welfare state and made it private. So some federal government would be necessary and it’s funded by foreigners.

ToDo: research the work we did on George Gordon’s biblical teaching of law. I’m looking for the laws on the bond servant.

The Laws for the year of rest – Exo 23:10-11

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest (ThiShaMoTeNaH) H8058 and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. (Exo 23:10-11 KJV)

Comments

The context is about the land Sabbath. Assuming Israel would keep the land Sabbath (a habit they were keen not to keep) then during this period, the poor (H34 ebyon) would be able to glean whatever the land naturally produced. Just like

Comparison to the book The Harbinger

I like the connection between ancient Israel and America…my ears always perk up to that kind of talk.

The book relies heavily on Isa 9:10

Isa 9:9-11 KJV And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. 11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

It emphasis the judgment of YHVH against Israel for her pugnaciousness of doing it wrong[8]. But what is it exactly that she is doing wrong? If you are going to make your argument based on the word namely shemittah then one needs to ask what is the context of this word. This article is all about just that and the context seems clear to me it’s about the land Sabbath and the poor. It’s about how we, per our covenant with YHVH, are suppose to deal with both the poor and the land (in this case they are connected). Deu 15:1-3 isn’t the only place that talks about how we are to deal with the poor but it (shemittah) does, in every case, does clearly relate to the poor.

Reference

Introduction

Hebrew Aleph Bet Table

The Hebrew letters of shemittah and their meanings

Letter / Symbolic Meaning / Literal Meaning
Sheen / consume, destroy / teeth
Mem / massive, overpower, chaos / water
Tet / to surround / snake, to twist
Hey / “the” to reveal / Window, Fence

Detailed Word Study

H8059 shemiṭṭâh

Total KJV Occurrences: 5 release, 5 Deu_15:1-2 (3),Deu_15:9Deu_31:10 (2)

WordStudy

ְשִׁמָטּה

šemiṭṭāh: A feminine noun meaning a remission, a release, a suspension. This word signifies the cancellation of a debt that was owed to another person. This was a debt which a person would, under ordinary circumstances, be obligated to pay back. In Israel, at the end of every seven years, the people were to release and forgive their fellow people from debts owed to them. This word was used in this context of the seventh year to show that the debtor was released from any obligation to pay back what had been loaned to him before that time (Deu_15:1-2, Deu_15:9; Deu_31:10). In the Old Testament, this noun was used only in the context of forgiving debts at the end of every seven years.

Strong’s from H8058; (shamat) remission (of debt) or suspension (of labor): - release.

H8058shâmaṭ shaw-mat'

שׁמט

Strong’s

A primitive root; to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively to letalone, desist, remit: - discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.

LXX related word(s)G2947 st. kulio G863 aph iemi G1578 ek klino G4049 peri spao G2666 kata pino G859 aphesis

H8058 KJC Occurrences: 11

down, 2 2Ki_9:33 (2)

release, 2 Deu_15:2-3 (2)

discontinue, 1 Jer_17:3-4 (2)

overthrown, 1 Psa_141:6

rest, 1 Exo_23:11

shook, 1 2Sa_6:6

stumbled, 1 1Ch_13:9

threw, 1 2Ki_9:33

throw, 1 2Ki_9:33

WordStudy

ָשַׁמט

šāmaṭ: A verb meaning to throw down, to cancel, to release; to stumble; to let fall. It indicates letting the land lie free, untilled (Exo_23:11). It is used in its absolute participial form as a command, shall release, will release (a debt) (Deu_15:2). It means to knock something over, e.g., the ark (2Sa_6:6; 1Ch_13:9). It is used of tossing something down (2Ki_9:33); in a figurative sense, it means removed from power (Psa_141:6). It indicates letting go of something, losing it. In context Israel loses her inheritance from the Lord, gives it up under force (Jer_17:4).

Jer 17:4 KJV And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue (ShaMoT) H8058from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

By securitizing our birth right via the birth certificate / strawman trust, have we not in effect discontinued our heritage i.e. inheritance? Discontinue means no long continue with, therefore is Jeremiah saying that are covenant with YHVH is no more? Can we say that we got a “New Deal” that’s better than and replaces that Old Deal?

(IHOT+)וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֗הH8058 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue ובך מנחלתךH5159 from thine heritage אשׁרH834 that נתתיH5414 I gave לך והעבדתיךH5647 thee; and I will cause thee to serve אתH853 איביךH341 thine enemies בארץH776 in the land אשׁרH834 which לאH3808 not: ידעתH3045 thou knowest כיH3588 for אשׁH784 a fire קדחתםH6919 ye have kindled באפיH639 in mine anger, עדH5704 forever. עולםH5769 forever. תוקד׃H3344 shall burn

H7677 shabbâthôn

Lev 25:4 KJV But in the seventh year shall be a sabbathH7676 of restH7677 unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

שׁבּתון

KJC: 11; rest, 8 Exo_16:23, Exo_31:15, Exo_35:2, Lev_16:31, Lev_23:3, Lev_23:32, Lev_25:4-5 (2); sabbath, 3 Lev_23:24, Lev_23:39 (2)

Although a land Sabbath is implied in Deu 15, and for which is described in Lev 25:4, the word Shemittah is not used but rather H7677 shabbathon.

More sources see

Sabbatical

This article is about the secular concept. For the Biblical concept, see shmita. For the television show, see Sabbatical (TV series).

Sabbatical or a sabbatical (from Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos, from Hebrew shabbat, i.e., Sabbath, literally a "ceasing") is a rest from work, or a hiatus, often lasting from two months to a year. The concept of sabbatical has a source in shmita, described several places in the Bible (Leviticus 25, for example, where there is a commandment to desist from working the fields in the seventh year). In the strict sense, therefore, sabbatical lasts a year. Source:

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[1] Of the five occurrences in scripture three of them are in the first two verses and the remaining are in Deuteronomy chapter 31

[2]Torah Equity This word definitely talks about law, finance and commercial things (e.g. UCC). It’s a concept that attempts to connect the laws that we operate with today and ties them back to scripture so as e.g. to give this modern laws history and authority.

[3]“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” (James 1:27 KJV). This is about the private welfare system see my article “Pure-Religion.pdf”

[4] Deu 15:9 is the first reference to "evil eye" (Gen 3:5 talks about eyes shall be open knowing good from evil). See also Deu 28:54-56; Pro 23:6, Pro 28:22; Mat 6:23, Mat 20:15; Mar 7:22, Luk 11:34; 1Pe 3:12. This colloquialism (Hebraism) grudging or stingy.

[5] H1697 dabar means word, so if I discharge the debt (e.g. the strawman) like by indorsing it aren’t th

[6]CreditorH1167 ba'al H4874 mashsheh H3027 yad

[7]lendeth H5383 nasha

[8] The people referenced in the video who quoted this video were Senate majority leader Tom Harkin and Senator John Edwards. Senator John Kerry and President Barak Obama both said something very similar. What do they all have in common besides being Democrats…they all believe in promoting and financing the public welfare state.

The Shemittah Release, the Land Sabbath and Deu-15-1-To-3

Introduction

Related Documents

Deuteronomy 15:1-3 – The initial verses in question

Deuteronomy 14:29 – The Previous Verse for Context

Comments

Shemittah Word Study

Other references to shemittah.

Deu 15:9 – First reference in the bible to the Evil Eye

Deu 31:9-13 - Moses delivers the law unto the priests to be read in the seventh year

Verse by Verse

Comments

Table of Contents

Hebrew Aleph Bet Table

The Hebrew letters of shemittah and their meanings

Detailed Word Study

H8059 shemiṭṭâh

H8058shâmaṭ shaw-mat'

H7677 shabbâthôn