Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 15:12

12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman be sold unto thee , and serve thee six years , then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

See on Exod. 22. 3.

To be computed, either 1. From the year of release, as they gather from hence that personal and real debts were both released together. But that seems to be supposed rather than proved, nay there is a manifest difference between them, for the release of real debts is expresly mentioned and required in the year of release, but so is not the release of the personal debt of servitude, either here or elsewhere. Or rather 2. From the beginning of this servitude, which is every where limited unto the space of six years, as here and below ver. 18. and Exod, 21. 2. Ier. 34. 14. And it seems a strange and forced exposition, to take these six years, for so much of the six years as remains until the year of release, which possibly might not be one quarter of a year, whereas an hired servant serves for a far longer time, and this is said to be worth a double hired servant, in regard of the longer time of his service, ver. 18. Adde to this, that it is mentioned as the peculiar priviledge of the year of Jubilee, that such servants were then freed though their six years of service were not expired.

Marginal references: Exod. [illegible: 1 word] Jer. 34. [illegible: 1 word]