George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Leviticus 25:35
And thou. Hebrew, "thou shalt receive him: and of the stranger....(ver. 36,) take no usury." There are two precepts; to relieve those in distress, and not to injury any one. (Calmet)
And thou. Hebrew, "thou shalt receive him: and of the stranger....(ver. 36,) take no usury." There are two precepts; to relieve those in distress, and not to injury any one. (Calmet)
Rather, And if thy brother (an Israelite) becomes poor and falls into decay with thee, thou shalt assist him and let him live with thee like a resident foreigner. He was not to be regarded as an outca...
4. THE SABBATIC YEAR AND THE YEAR OF JUBILEE CHAPTER 25 _ 1. The Sabbatic year (Leviticus 25:1)_ 2. The jubilee (Leviticus 25:8) 3. The jubilee and the land (Leviticus 25:13) 4.
THE YEAR OF JUBILE. This law contains two large provisions, the return of estates to their original owners, and the liberation of Hebrew slaves, both in the fiftieth year. It also contains a section w...
FALLEN IN DECAY. "his hands have become shaky" or become feeble....
_be waxen poor_ See on Leviticus 25:25. _his hand fail with thee_ i.e. if he lose his power of self-support by personal effort, and thou art able as a neighbour to help him. _uphold_ The text gives...
_Prohibition of usury in the case of a poor Israelite_(H with perhaps a slight admixture of P)...
AND IF THY BROTHER BE WAXEN POOR— The two great benefits of the year of jubilee were, a restoration to possessions and to freedom, Leviticus 25:10. Such particulars as respect possessions being settle...
TREATMENT OF THE POOR 25:35-55 TEXT 25:35-55 35 And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: _as_ a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee. 3...
_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._ If thy brother be waxen poor...
THE SABBATICAL YEAR. THE YEAR OF JUBILEE The matters treated in this chapter are closely related to those in Leviticus 23, and their separation is another indication that we are dealing with a book ma...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
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) i...
וְ כִֽי ־יָמ֣וּךְ אָחִ֔יךָ וּ מָ֥טָה יָדֹ֖ו
THE SABBATIC YEAR AND THE JUBILEE Leviticus 25:1 THE system of annually recurring sabbatic times, as given in chapter 23, culminated in the sabbatic seventh month. But this remarkable system of sabba...
FREEDOM IN THE YEAR OF JUBILEE Leviticus 25:35 If a man, through misfortune, were forced to sell himself into serfdom to meet his debts, he could not be legally retained after the trumpet had sounded...
The last section of the Book of Leviticus is occupied with setting forth laws concerning the outward signs in the land of the proof of possession, together with certain promises and warnings, all endi...
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and (r) 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. (r) In Hebrew it is, if h...
All these precepts refer to one and the same thing. But their spiritual import is peculiarly striking. A brother so poor as not to be able to redeem his right, is a lively type of our poor nature. And...
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
Chapter 25. The land itself is held for Jehovah, as being His; it must enjoy God's rest; and moreover he who had lost his inheritance therein should find it again, according to the counsels of God, at...
AND IF THY BROTHER BE WAXEN POOR,.... An Israelite, as Aben Ezra, be reduced to a low estate, through afflictions in body, or in family, or through losses in trade, or want of business, or through one...
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. Ver. 35. _That he may live wi...
_The field of the suburbs_ (namely, of the cities of the Levites) _may not be sold_ Not at all; partly, because it was of absolute necessity for them for the keeping of their cattle, and partly becaus...
1 The Sabbath of the seuenth yeere. 8 The Iubile in the fiftieth yeere. 14 Of oppression. 18 A blessing of obedience. 23 The redemption of land, 29 Of houses. 35 Compassion of the poore. 39 The...
Consideration for the Poor and for Slaves....
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee, having failed entirely in his business, THEN THOU SHALT RELIEVE HIM, YEA, THOUGH HE BE A STRANGER OR A SOJOURNER, THAT HE MAY LIVE WITH...
THE SEVENTH YEAR SABBATH (VV. 1-7) Here was a wonderful provision for Israel every seven years. When they came into their land, they were to plant their land for six years and reap its fruits. But th...
FALLEN IN DECAY: _ Heb._ his hand faileth...
35-38 Poverty and decay are great grievances, and very common; the poor ye have always with you. Thou shalt relieve him; by sympathy, pitying the poor; by service, doing for them; and by supply, givi...
FALLEN IN DECAY, Heb. _his hand wavereth, of faileth_ OR IS DECAYED so that he hath not power to get or keep wealth, as the phrase is, DEUTERONOMY 8:18; as on the contrary, when a man is able, _his ha...
The intelligent reader will discern a strong moral link between this and the preceding chapter. In Leviticus 24:1-23 we learn that the house of Israel is preserved for the land of Canaan. In chapter 2...
Leviticus 25:35 brethren H251 poor H4134 (H8799) poverty H4131 (H8804) you H3027 help H2388 (H8689) stranger...
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL'S ATTITUDE MUST BE TOWARDS THEIR BROTHERS (LEVITICUS 25:35). “Brothers” here means fellow-Israelites who got into financial difficulties, who were to be treated with especi...
CONTENTS: Laws of the land. Sabbatic year and year of Jubilee. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The blessing of God upon our provision will make a little go a long way and satisfy even the poor w...
Leviticus 25:4. The _seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest._ While the Hebrews continued faithful under the Theocracy of heaven, they were the happiest people in the world. A sabbatical year was a y...
_And if thy brother be waxen poor._ JEWISH BENEVOLENCE Mr. William Gilbert, describing in _Good Words _the cases of mendicancy which he saw appear before the Jewish Board of Guardians, tells of a Pru...
_A Sabbath of rest unto the land._ THE SABBATIC YEAR AND JUBILEE 1. I do not suppose that these sabbatic regulations referred severally to separate and distinct things. The seventh day, the seventh m...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 25:35 Israelites are to show mercy to one another because they have received mercy from God. ⇐...
The Fear of Jubilee SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 25:1.—Then shall the land keep a Sabbath unto the Lord. For a whole year the land ceased to be the property of the owner; he might not till the soil,...
EXPOSITION The subject of the sacred seasons is taken up again in this chapter, after the parenthetical insertion of Leviticus 24:1. There remain the septennial festive season and that of the half-ce...
Now as we get into chapter twenty-five, they were to give the land a Sabbath day's rest or Sabbath year. They were to plant the land for six years, the seventh year they were to let the land rest. Rea...
1 John 3:17; 2 Corinthians 8:9; 2 Corinthians 9:1; 2 Corinthians 9:12;...
A sojourner — Understand it of proselytes only, for of other strangers they were permitted to take usury, Deuteronomy 23:20....