King James Version
Leviticus 25
55 verses with commentary
The Sabbath Year
And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
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<strong>And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The holiness demanded in Leviticus becomes possible through Christ, who both satisfies God's righteous requirements and...
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XXV.
(1) **And the Lord spake unto Moses.**—This chapter should properly have followed Leviticus 23, since the institutions of the sabbatical year, and the jubile which it discusses, are closely connected with the regulations about the festivals laid down in that chapter. The isolation of these ordinances from the rest of the festivals cannot be satisfactorily explained on any other principle than...
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**7-9. They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane--**Private individuals might form several connections, which were forbidden as inexpedient or improper in priests. The respectability of their office, and the honor of religion, required unblemished sanctity in their families as well as themselves, and departures from it in their case were visited with severer punishment than in that of...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. keep: Heb. rest
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<strong>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>What Leviticus portrayed...
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(2) **When ye come into the land.**—Better, *When ye be come into the land, *as the Authorised Version renders the same phrase in Leviticus 14:34. (See Note on Leviticus 19:23.) This is the fourth instance in Leviticus of a law being given prospectively which had no immediate bearing on the condition of Israel. (See Leviticus 14:34; Leviticus 19:23; Leviticus 23:10.) According to the authorities d...
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**10-15. he that is the high priest among his brethren ... shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes--**The indulgence in the excepted cases of family bereavement, mentioned above [Le 21:2, 3], which was granted to the common priests, was denied to him; for his absence from the sanctuary for the removal of any contracted defilement could not have been dispensed with, neither could he have a...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
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<strong>Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>Every sacrifice and ritual in Leviticus points forward to J...
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(3) **Six years thou shalt sow.**—See Exodus 23:10.
**The fruit thereof.**—That is, of the land which is mentioned in the preceding verse, and which includes fields, vineyards, olive-gardens, &c. (See Exodus 23:11.)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**10-15. he that is the high priest among his brethren ... shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes--**The indulgence in the excepted cases of family bereavement, mentioned above [Le 21:2, 3], which was granted to the common priests, was denied to him; for his absence from the sanctuary for the removal of any contracted defilement could not have been dispensed with, neither could he have a...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
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<strong>But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The New Testament reveals...
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(4) **The seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest.**—Literally, *the seventh year shall be a rest of solemn resting, *or *a sabbath of sabbaths. *For the import of this phrase see Note on Leviticus 16:31. Like the weekly sabbath, the seventh year is to be the Lord’s sabbath. The soil is therefore to have a perfect rest.
**Thou shalt neither sow thy field.**—What constitutes cultivation, and how mu...
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**10-15. he that is the high priest among his brethren ... shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes--**The indulgence in the excepted cases of family bereavement, mentioned above [Le 21:2, 3], which was granted to the common priests, was denied to him; for his absence from the sanctuary for the removal of any contracted defilement could not have been dispensed with, neither could he have a...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. of thy vine: Heb. of thy separation
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<strong>That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The holines...
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(5) **That which groweth of its own accord.**—Not only is every owner of land to desist from cultivating it, but the spontaneous growth of the fields from seeds which accidentally fell down at the harvest, as well as from old roots, are not to be gathered, or no harvest is to be made of it.
**Neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed.**—Literally, *thy Nazarite vine, *the vine which bears th...
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**10-15. he that is the high priest among his brethren ... shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes--**The indulgence in the excepted cases of family bereavement, mentioned above [Le 21:2, 3], which was granted to the common priests, was denied to him; for his absence from the sanctuary for the removal of any contracted defilement could not have been dispensed with, neither could he have a...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
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<strong>And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><b...
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(6) **And the sabbath of the land.**—That is, the growth or produce during this sabbath of the land. For the figure of speech see Lev. 18:38.
**Shall be meat for you.**—That is, it shall serve as your food, but you must not trade with it, or store it up. Hence, during the second Temple the produce of the sabbatical year could only be used for direct consumption, and was not allowed to be converted...
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**10-15. he that is the high priest among his brethren ... shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes--**The indulgence in the excepted cases of family bereavement, mentioned above [Le 21:2, 3], which was granted to the common priests, was denied to him; for his absence from the sanctuary for the removal of any contracted defilement could not have been dispensed with, neither could he have a...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
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<strong>And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>What Leviticus portrayed through types and shadows, Christ fulfilled in r...
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(7) **And for thy cattle.**—In accordance with the benign legislation which obtained during the second Temple, the administrators of the law inferred from this verse, and hence enacted, that the fruit of the seventh year may only be eaten by man at home, as long as the kind is found in the field. *“*As long as the animals eat the same kind in the field thou mayest eat what there is of it in the ho...
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**10-15. he that is the high priest among his brethren ... shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes--**The indulgence in the excepted cases of family bereavement, mentioned above [Le 21:2, 3], which was granted to the common priests, was denied to him; for his absence from the sanctuary for the removal of any contracted defilement could not have been dispensed with, neither could he have a...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
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And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
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<strong>And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The h...
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(8) **And thou shalt number.**—Better, *And thou shalt count unto thee, *as the Authorised Version renders the same phrase in Leviticus 23:15.
**Number seven sabbaths of years.**—Better, *count seven weeks of years *(see Leviticus 23:15). The seven days of each week stand for so many years, so that seven weeks of years make forty-nine years. Hence the explanation in the next clause: “Seven times s...
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**16-24. Whosoever he be ... hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God--**As visible things exert a strong influence on the minds of men, any physical infirmity or malformation of body in the ministers of religion, which disturbs the associations or excites ridicule, tends to detract from the weight and authority of the sacred office. Priests laboring under any personal ...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. of the jubile: Heb. loud of sound
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<strong>Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br...
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(9) **Cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound.**—Better, *cause the blast of the cornet to sound; *literally, *cause to resound the cornet of loud sound. *According to the authorities during the second Temple, the cornets used on this occasion, like those of the Feast of Trumpets or New Year, were of rams’ horns, they were straight, and had their mouth-piece covered with gold.
**In the day of ato...
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**16-24. Whosoever he be ... hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God--**As visible things exert a strong influence on the minds of men, any physical infirmity or malformation of body in the ministers of religion, which disturbs the associations or excites ridicule, tends to detract from the weight and authority of the sacred office. Priests laboring under any personal ...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
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<strong>And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee ...
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(10) **And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year.**—Because it is here said “Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year,” the authorities during the second Temple inferred that the good work of the jubile is to begin with the first day of Tishri, which is the beginning of the year, and which ought to be hallowed. Hence as new year was with the Hebrews the preparation for the Day of Atonement, so it also became...
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**16-24. Whosoever he be ... hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God--**As visible things exert a strong influence on the minds of men, any physical infirmity or malformation of body in the ministers of religion, which disturbs the associations or excites ridicule, tends to detract from the weight and authority of the sacred office. Priests laboring under any personal ...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
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<strong>A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>Every sa...
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(11) **A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you.**—According to the unanimous testimony of the authorities during the second Temple, including Philo (ii. 287-290) and Josephus (*Antt. iii.* 12, § 3), the jubile was observed every fiftieth year, as is plainly enjoined both in the verse before us and in Leviticus 25:10. As the forty-ninth year is the sabbatical year and the fiftieth year the ju...
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**16-24. Whosoever he be ... hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God--**As visible things exert a strong influence on the minds of men, any physical infirmity or malformation of body in the ministers of religion, which disturbs the associations or excites ridicule, tends to detract from the weight and authority of the sacred office. Priests laboring under any personal ...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
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<strong>For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br>The central theme of Leviticus is God's holiness and the call for His people...
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(12) **Ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.**—Better, *Ye shall eat its produce from the field. *Because it is the jubile, which must be observed as a sacred institution, the spontaneous produce of this year is not to be stored, but as much of it must each time be taken direct from the field as is wanted for daily consumption.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**16-24. Whosoever he be ... hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God--**As visible things exert a strong influence on the minds of men, any physical infirmity or malformation of body in the ministers of religion, which disturbs the associations or excites ridicule, tends to detract from the weight and authority of the sacred office. Priests laboring under any personal ...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
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KJV Study Commentary
<strong>In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The access to God's presence that Leviticus carefully regulated is now freely available through Chr...
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(13) **Ye shall return every man unto his possession.**—In the year of jubile every man is to be restored to his landed property, whether he had disposed of it by sale or by gift.
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**16-24. Whosoever he be ... hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God--**As visible things exert a strong influence on the minds of men, any physical infirmity or malformation of body in the ministers of religion, which disturbs the associations or excites ridicule, tends to detract from the weight and authority of the sacred office. Priests laboring under any personal ...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
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<strong>And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>What Leviticus portrayed through types and shadows, Chr...
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(14) **Ye shall not oppress one another.**—Better, *ye shall not overreach any man his brother. *Not only does the Law provide against the poor man losing his land for ever, but enjoins that in the temporary sales the buyer and seller are not to take undue advantage of each other’s circumstances. Hence it was enacted that if any one bought or sold anything for a sixth part more than its value the ...
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**16-24. Whosoever he be ... hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God--**As visible things exert a strong influence on the minds of men, any physical infirmity or malformation of body in the ministers of religion, which disturbs the associations or excites ridicule, tends to detract from the weight and authority of the sacred office. Priests laboring under any personal ...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
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<strong>According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The New Test...
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(15) **According to the number of years . . . thou shalt buy.**—The promised land, according to the Law, was to be divided by lot in equal parts among the Israelites. The plot which should thus come into the possession of each family is to be absolutely inalienable, and for ever continue to be the property of the descendants of the original possessor. Hence it is here enacted that where a propriet...
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**16-24. Whosoever he be ... hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God--**As visible things exert a strong influence on the minds of men, any physical infirmity or malformation of body in the ministers of religion, which disturbs the associations or excites ridicule, tends to detract from the weight and authority of the sacred office. Priests laboring under any personal ...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
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<strong>According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts an...
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(16) **According to the multitude of years . . . and according to.**—Better, *in proportion to the multitude of years *. . . *and in proportion to, *as the words in the original here are not the same which are used in Leviticus 25:15 and at the end of this verse, which are translated “according” in the Authorised Version. Having laid down in the preceding verse the principles of equitable dealings...
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**16-24. Whosoever he be ... hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God--**As visible things exert a strong influence on the minds of men, any physical infirmity or malformation of body in the ministers of religion, which disturbs the associations or excites ridicule, tends to detract from the weight and authority of the sacred office. Priests laboring under any personal ...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
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<strong>Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The access to God's presence that Leviticus carefully regulated is now f...
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(17) **Ye shall not therefore oppress one another.**—Better, *And ye shall not overreach any man his neighbour. *(See Leviticus 25:14.)
**But thou shalt fear thy God**—who pleads the cause of the oppressed, and avenges every injustice. (See Leviticus 19:14.)
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
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<strong>Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>Hebrews 9-10 explains how Christ's once-for-all sacrifice su...
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(18) **Wherefore ye shall do my statutes.**—Better, *And ye shall do *. . . that is, the above named statutes and ordinances respecting the sabbatical year and the jubile, which required great sacrifices.
**Ye shall dwell in the land in safety.—**As God is Israel’s strong tower and wall of defence, it is by keeping His commandments that the Israelites will enjoy the security which other nations en...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
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<strong>And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>What Leviticus portrayed through types and shadows, Christ fulfilled in reality ...
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CHAPTER 22 Le 22:1-9. The Priests in Their Uncleanness.
**2. Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things--**"To separate" means, in the language of the Mosaic ritual, "to abstain"; and therefore the import of this injunction is that the priests should abstain from eating that part of the sacrifices which, though belonging to their order, was to be partaken...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
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<strong>And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>What Leviticus portrayed through types and shadows, Christ ful...
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(20) **What shall we eat the seventh year ?**—The Lawgiver here anticipates an objection on the part of those who are called upon to abstain from cultivating the land in the sabbatical year, and who are overanxious about the provisions of their families.
**Behold, we shall not sow.**—That is, are forbidden to sow. (See Leviticus 25:4.)
**Nor gather in our increase.**—That is, we are even prohibite...
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**3. Whosoever he be ... that goeth unto the holy things--**The multitude of minute restrictions to which the priests, from accidental defilement, were subjected, by keeping them constantly on their guard lest they should be unfit for the sacred service, tended to preserve in full exercise the feeling of awe and submission to the authority of God. The ideas of sin and duty were awakened in their b...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
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<strong>Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The holiness demanded in Leviticus becomes possible through Chris...
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(21) **Then I will command my blessing.** That is, He will send out His Divine command to the soil in the sixth year that it should be a blessing to them, and it shall be done. (See Deuteronomy 28:8; Psalm 42:8; Psalm 44:4; Psalm 68:29.)
**It shall bring forth fruit for three years.**—Better, *it shall bring forth produce. *This special blessing will be manifested in the abundant crop of the harve...
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**4-6. wash his flesh with water--**Any Israelite who had contracted a defilement of such a nature as debarred him from the enjoyment of his wonted privileges, and had been legally cleansed from the disqualifying impurity, was bound to indicate his state of recovery by the immersion of his whole person in water. Although all ceremonial impurity formed a ground of exclusion, there were degrees of i...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
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<strong>And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>Every sacrifice and ritual in Leviti...
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(22) **And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit.**—Better, *And when ye shall sow in the eighth year, ye shall yet eat of the old produce, *that is, when at the termination of the sabbatical year the Israelites resume the cultivation of the soil in the eighth year, the abundant crop of the sixth year—the year preceding the sabbatical year—will not only suffice for this year, but ...
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**4-6. wash his flesh with water--**Any Israelite who had contracted a defilement of such a nature as debarred him from the enjoyment of his wonted privileges, and had been legally cleansed from the disqualifying impurity, was bound to indicate his state of recovery by the immersion of his whole person in water. Although all ceremonial impurity formed a ground of exclusion, there were degrees of i...
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**Verses 8-22**
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases ...
Read full commentary →The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. for ever: or, to be quite cut off: Heb. for cutting off
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<strong>The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>What Leviticus portrayed through types and shadows, Christ fulfilled ...
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(23) **The land shall not be sold for ever.**—That is, no plot of the land of Israel must be absolutely alienated from the original proprietor, who has been driven by poverty to sell his patrimony. We have here a resumption of the laws relating to the sale and purchase of land, which have already been briefly stated in Leviticus 25:14-17. Having been interrupted by the insertion of the Divine prom...
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**4-6. wash his flesh with water--**Any Israelite who had contracted a defilement of such a nature as debarred him from the enjoyment of his wonted privileges, and had been legally cleansed from the disqualifying impurity, was bound to indicate his state of recovery by the immersion of his whole person in water. Although all ceremonial impurity formed a ground of exclusion, there were degrees of i...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
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<strong>And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The access to God's presence that Leviticus carefully regulated is now freely available thro...
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(24) **Ye shall grant a redemption for the land.**—Being simply tenants at will, and having obtained possession of it on such terms, the land is not even to remain with the purchaser till the year of jubile, but the buyer is to grant every opportunity to the seller to redeem it before that time.
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
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<strong>If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The acces...
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(25) **If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold . . . —**As poverty is the only reason which the Law here supposes might lead one to part with his field, the authorities during the second Temple concluded, and hence enacted, that it is not allowable for any one to sell his patrimony on speculation. This will account for the horror which Naboth expressed to Ahab of selling his patrimony: “The Lo...
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**8. dieth of itself--**The feelings of nature revolt against such food. It might have been left to the discretion of the Hebrews, who it may be supposed (like the people of all civilized nations) would have abstained from the use of it without any positive interdict. But an express precept was necessary to show them that whatever died naturally or from disease, was prohibited to them by the opera...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; himself: Heb. his hand hath attained and found sufficiency
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<strong>And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>What Leviticus portrayed through types and shadows, Christ fulfilled in reality through His incarnat...
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(26) **And if the man have none to redeem it.**—In case, however, he has either no nearest of kin, or if his nearest of kin is himself too poor to perform this duty, which is incumbent upon him, “and himself be able to redeem it,” that is, after he was compelled, by stress of poverty, to sell the property he has become prosperous, so as to be able to redeem it himself; though not distinctly expres...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
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<strong>Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>Hebrews 9-10 explains how...
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(27) **Count the years of the sale thereof.**—To regulate the price of the redemption money the crops were valued which the purchaser had enjoyed since he had acquired the property. This was deducted from what he originally paid for the plot of land, and the difference was returned to him by the vendor, to whom the patrimony reverted. Thus, for instance, if there were thirty years from the time th...
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Le 22:10-16. Who of the Priests' House May Eat of Them.
**10-13. There shall no stranger eat the holy thing--**The portion of the sacrifices assigned for the support of the officiating priests was restricted to the exclusive use of his own family. A temporary guest or a hired servant was not at liberty to eat of them; but an exception was made in favor of a bought or homeborn slave, because such ...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
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<strong>But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slave...
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(28) **Not able to restore it to him.**—That is, if the vendor is unable to return to the purchaser the probable value of the crops between the contemplated redemption and the next jubile year.
**Then that which is sold.**—In that case the land thus sold is to continue with the purchaser till jubile, when it is to revert to the vendor without any repayment whatever. The design of this law was to s...
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Le 22:10-16. Who of the Priests' House May Eat of Them.
**10-13. There shall no stranger eat the holy thing--**The portion of the sacrifices assigned for the support of the officiating priests was restricted to the exclusive use of his own family. A temporary guest or a hired servant was not at liberty to eat of them; but an exception was made in favor of a bought or homeborn slave, because such ...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
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<strong>And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The access to God's pre...
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(29) **A dwelling house in a walled city.**—**It **is, however, quite different in the case of houses in walled cities. These are not the creation of God (see Leviticus 25:23), allotted by His command to the different tribes of Israel; they are the work of man, who build them up and raze them to the ground at their own will, and according to their fancy. Hence the law of jubile does not apply to t...
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Le 22:10-16. Who of the Priests' House May Eat of Them.
**10-13. There shall no stranger eat the holy thing--**The portion of the sacrifices assigned for the support of the officiating priests was restricted to the exclusive use of his own family. A temporary guest or a hired servant was not at liberty to eat of them; but an exception was made in favor of a bought or homeborn slave, because such ...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
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<strong>And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, tea...
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(30) **if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year.**—That is, either by the vendor or his son. According to the interpretation which obtained during the second Temple, the phrase “full year” is here used for the benefit of the seller, inasmuch as *it *gives him the advantage of an intercalary year, when he has an additional month, up to the last day of which he could still effect the re...
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Le 22:10-16. Who of the Priests' House May Eat of Them.
**10-13. There shall no stranger eat the holy thing--**The portion of the sacrifices assigned for the support of the officiating priests was restricted to the exclusive use of his own family. A temporary guest or a hired servant was not at liberty to eat of them; but an exception was made in favor of a bought or homeborn slave, because such ...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. they may: Heb. redemption belongeth unto it
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<strong>But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>...
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(31) **But the houses of the villages which have no wall.**—Houses in villages, however, form an exception. They are part of the landed property, and hence, like the cultivated land on which they are erected, are subject to the law of jubile.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**14. if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly--**A common Israelite might unconsciously partake of what had been offered as tithes, first-fruits, &c., and on discovering his unintentional error, he was not only to restore as much as he had used, but be fined in a fifth part more for the priests to carry into the sanctuary.
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
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<strong>Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated between God and ...
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(32) **Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses.**—Better, *And as to the cities of the Levites, the houses, *that is, the houses which belong to the Levites, in the forty-eight cities given to them (see Numbers 35:1-8; Joshua 21:1-3), are to be exempt from this general law of house property.
**May the Levites redeem at any time.**—Having the same value to the Levites as landed pr...
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**15-16. they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel--**There is some difficulty felt in determining to whom "they" refers. The subject of the preceding context being occupied about the priests, it is supposed by some that this relates to them also; and the meaning then is that the whole people would incur guilt through the fault of the priests, if they should defile the sacre...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. a man: or, one of the Levites redeem them
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<strong>And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts ...
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(33) **And if a man purchase of the Levites.**—Better, *And if one of the Levites redeem it, *that is, even if a Levite redeemed the house which his brother Levite was obliged to sell through poverty, the general law of house property is not to obtain even among the Levites themselves. They are to treat each other according to the law of landed property.
**Then the house that was sold, and the cit...
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**15-16. they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel--**There is some difficulty felt in determining to whom "they" refers. The subject of the preceding context being occupied about the priests, it is supposed by some that this relates to them also; and the meaning then is that the whole people would incur guilt through the fault of the priests, if they should defile the sacre...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
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<strong>But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>Hebrews 9-10 explains how Christ's once-for-all sacrifice supersedes the ...
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(34) **But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold.**—The Levitical cities had both suburbs or commons for their cattle, &c, and fields which they cultivated (Numbers 35:4-5). These outlying fields, which were beyond the suburbs, they are here forbidden to sell. According to the authorities during the second Temple the expression “to sell” here used is to be taken in a wider sense...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
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And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. fallen: Heb. his hand faileth relieve: Heb. strengthen
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<strong>And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The N...
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(35) **And if thy brother be waxen poor.**—This part of the jubile laws which relates to the manumission of the Israelites who through poverty are compelled to sell themselves as bondsmen (Leviticus 25:39-55) is introduced by a pathetic appeal to the benevolence of the people to bestow brotherly help to the poor (Leviticus 25:35-38).
**And fallen in decay with thee.**—Literally, *and his hand wave...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
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<strong>Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The access to God's presence that Leviticus carefully regulated is now freely ...
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(36) **Take thou no usury of him, or increase.**—The first thing to be done to the impoverished Israelite is to supply him with the means to recover himself without any interest. The authorities during the second Temple defined the words which are translated “usury” (*nesheck*) and “increase” (*tarbith, *or *marbith*) as follows: If a person lends to another a shekel worth four denarii, and gets i...
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Le 22:17-33. The Sacrifices Must Be without Blemish.
**19. Ye shall offer at your own will--**rather, to your being accepted.
**a male without blemish--**This law (Le 1:3) is founded on a sense of natural propriety, which required the greatest care to be taken in the selection of animals for sacrifice. The reason for this extreme caution is found in the fact that sacrifices are either an expres...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
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<strong>Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>What Leviticus portrayed through types and shadows, Christ fulfilled in reality through...
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(37) **Thou shalt not give him.**—This is simply an emphatic repetition of the declaration in the foregoing verse, and favours the ancient distinction between the two terms.
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
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<strong>I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>Every sacrifice and ritual in Leviticus points ...
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(38) **Which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt.**—For this appeal to the signal act of redemption from Egypt, see Lev. 12:45.
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: compel: Heb. serve thyself with him with the service, etc
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<strong>And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>Every sacrifice and ritual in Leviticus p...
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(39) **And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor.**—Better, *And if thy brother be waxen poor by thee, *that is, after supporting his tottering hand, as prescribed in Leviticus 25:35-38, and making all the charitable efforts to help him, they fail, and he still finds himself in extreme poverty, and unable to obtain a livelihood.
**And be sold unto thee.**—The voluntary disposal of his...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
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<strong>But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The access to God's presence that Leviticus carefully regul...
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(40) **But as an hired servant.**—The master is in all respects to treat him as one who disposes of his service for wages for a certain time, and will then be his own master again.
**Shall serve thee unto the year of jubile.**—Nor could he be kept beyond the year of jubile. This terminated the sale of his services just as it cancelled all the sales of landed property.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**23. that mayest thou offer, &c.--**The passage should be rendered thus: "if thou offer it either for a freewill offering, or for a vow, it shall not be accepted." This sacrifice being required to be "without blemish" [Le 22:19], symbolically implied that the people of God were to dedicate themselves wholly with sincere purposes of heart, and its being required to be "perfect to be accepted" ...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
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<strong>And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The New ...
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(41) **And then shall he depart from thee.**—At the same time that he regains his liberty, and takes with him his family, the patrimony which he sold also reverts to him.
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. as: Heb. with the sale of a bondman
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<strong>For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The access to God's presence that Leviticus carefully regulated ...
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(42) **For they are my servants.**—This is a clue to the whole system of Hebrew servitude. These poverty-stricken men, who are driven to sell themselves to their fellow-Israelites, God claims as His servants. God is their Lord as well as their master’s Lord. He delivered them both alike from bondage to serve Him. There is, therefore, no difference between bond and free.
**They shall not be sold as...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
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<strong>Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>What Leviticus portrayed through types and shadows, Christ fulfilled in reality through His incarnation, pe...
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(43) **Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour.**—The master is forbidden to tyrannise over him as if he were a slave without any rights.
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
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<strong>Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The holiness demand...
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(44) **Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen.**—Rather, *As for thy bondmen and bondmaids which thou must have of the heathen, *&c. As the Law forbids the Israelites to have their brethren as bondmen, or employ them in menial work which belongs to the slaves, the Lawgiver anticipates a difficulty which the Hebrews might raise against these enactments. ...
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**27-28. it shall be seven days under the dam--**Animals were not considered perfect nor good for food till the eighth day. As sacrifices are called the bread or food of God (Le 22:25), to offer them immediately after birth, when they were unfit to be eaten, would have indicated a contempt of religion; and besides, this prohibition, as well as that contained in Le 22:28, inculcated a lesson of hum...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
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<strong>Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God...
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(45) **Moreover of the children of the strangers.**—Besides the surrounding nations, the Hebrews are also permitted to obtain their slaves from those strangers who have taken up their abode in the Holy Land. By these strangers the ancient authorities understand those who have been permitted to settle down among the Jews on condition that they submit to the seven commandments given to Noah, but hav...
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**27-28. it shall be seven days under the dam--**Animals were not considered perfect nor good for food till the eighth day. As sacrifices are called the bread or food of God (Le 22:25), to offer them immediately after birth, when they were unfit to be eaten, would have indicated a contempt of religion; and besides, this prohibition, as well as that contained in Le 22:28, inculcated a lesson of hum...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour. they: Heb. ye shall serve yourselves with them
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<strong>And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing d...
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(46) **And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children.**—That is, they may appropriate them to themselves, as their personal property, which is transmissible as inheritance to posterity with the family land.
**They shall be your bondmen for ever.**—These are not subject to the laws of jubile. They remain in perpetual serfdom unless they or their friends redeem them, or their master has...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: wax rich: Heb. his hand obtain, etc
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<strong>And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's ...
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(47) **And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee.**—Better, *And if the hand of a stranger, and that a sojourner, attain riches by thee, *that is, a stranger who has become a sojourner, or who has taken up his abode among the Israelites, and become prosperous by trading. Such a one had only to submit to the seven commandments given to Noah, and hence had not joined the Jewish religion. For t...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
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<strong>After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The New Testament reveals that Christ's sacrifice accomplishes what the Levitical system ...
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(48) **He may be redeemed again.**—The law which applies to a heathen who sold himself to a Hebrew is reversed in this case. Whilst the heathen cannot be redeemed, and is to remain a bondman for ever, the Israelite who sells himself to a heathen may be redeemed. Indeed, according to the interpretation which obtained during the second Temple, this passage enjoins it upon his relations and the congr...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
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<strong>Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>Hebrews 9-10...
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(49) **Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him.**—That is, any of his relatives are to redeem him, which is not the case when an Israelite sells himself to one of his own nation. Hence the Jewish canons enacted that “if a Hebrew is sold to a stranger, and is unable to redeem himself, his kinsmen must redeem, nay, the Sanhedrin are to compel his kinsmen to redeem him lest he should be ...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
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<strong>And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee rele...
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(50-52) **And he shall reckon with him.**—That is, either the man himself when he is able to redeem himself, or his kindred. The authorities during the second Temple rightly point out that this passage enjoins the Hebrew to treat the heathen master fairly by duly compensating and compounding for the number of years he has still to serve till jubile, and to take no advantage of the idolater.
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
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<strong>If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>Hebrews 9-10 explains how Chr...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
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<strong>And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>Th...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
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<strong>And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The New Testament reveals that Christ's sacrifice accompl...
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(53) **And as a yearly hired servant shall he be.**—Better, *As a yearly servant, *&c, without the “and,” which is not in the original, and is not wanted. That is, as long as he is in service his master must not treat him like a slave, but is to behave to him as if he were simply one who hires out his services from year to year, and who, after a short time, will be his own master again.
**And the ...
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CHAPTER 23 Le 23:1-4. Of Sundry Feasts.
**2. Speak unto the children of Israel, ... concerning the feasts of the Lord--**literally, "the times of assembling, or solemnities" (Is 33:20); and this is a preferable rendering, applicable to all sacred seasons mentioned in this chapter, even the day of atonement, which was observed as a fast. They were appointed by the direct authority of God and annou...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him. in these: or, by these means
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KJV Study Commentary
<strong>And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The New Testament reveals that Christ's sacrifice a...
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(54) **If he be not redeemed in these years.**—Better, *If he be not redeemed by these, *that is, by the relations or the means indicated in Leviticus 25:48-49, he is to go out free in the year of jubile. (See Leviticus 25:41.) The heathen is to submit to the laws of jubile as much as the Hebrew.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**3. Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest--**(See on Ex 20:8). The Sabbath has the precedence given to it, and it was to be "a holy convocation," observed by families "in their dwellings"; where practicable, by the people repairing to the door of the tabernacle; at later periods, by meeting in the schools of the prophets, and in synagogues.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
Read full commentary →For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
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<strong>For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sabbath Year and Jubilee</strong>. Sabbath year rest for land and Year of Jubilee releasing debts and slaves, teaching trust in God's provision.<br><br><br>The holiness demanded in Levitic...
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(55) **For unto me the children of Israel are servants.**—See Leviticus 25:38; Leviticus 25:42.
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**4. These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons--**Their observance took place in the parts of the year corresponding to our March, May, and September. Divine wisdom was manifested in fixing them at those periods; in winter, when the days were short and the roads broken up, a long journey was impracticable; while in summer the harvest and vintage gave busy employmen...
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Chapter 25
Chapter Outline
The sabbath of rest for the land in the seventh year.(1-7)
The jubilee of the fiftieth year, Oppression forbidden.(8-22)
Redemption of the land and houses.(23-34)
Compassion towards the poor.(35-38)
Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbidden.(39-55)
**Verses 1-7**
All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the...
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