Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Leviticus 25:36
Take thou no usury of him or increase, neither interest in the case of money nor an added amount in the case of other necessaries of life; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Take thou no usury of him or increase, neither interest in the case of money nor an added amount in the case of other necessaries of life; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Verse 36. _TAKE THOU NO USURY OF HIM_] Usury, at present, signifies unlawful interest for money. Properly, it means the _reward_ or _compensation_ given for the use of a thing, but is principally spo...
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...
USURY (Hebrew. _nashak),_ is. charge on _money._ INCREASE (Hebrew. _tarbith_ or _marbith)_ is. charge on _goods._ See notes on Leviticus 25:7 with Leviticus 26:4. These were the definitions of the au...
_Prohibition of usury in the case of a poor Israelite_(H with perhaps a slight admixture of P)...
_usury … increase_ The former was interest on money, the latter on food stuffs and paid in kind. For the important part played by such transactions in Babylonia see Johns, _Bab. and Assyr. Laws_, ch....
TAKE THOU NO USURY OF HIM, &C.— This is explained by the next verse. See Exodus 22:25. _That thy brother may live with thee,_ signifies that he may _prosper_ and _thrive,_ &c. for, _to live,_ in the S...
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...
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 s...
אַל ־תִּקַּ֤ח מֵֽ אִתֹּו֙ נֶ֣שֶׁךְ וְ תַרְבִּ
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...
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...
TAKE THOU NO USURY OF HIM, OR INCREASE,.... Not only give him somewhat for his present relief, but lend him money to put him in a way of business, to get his living for the future, without requiring a...
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. Ver. 36. _Take thou no usury._] God dispenseth with no usury, but condemns both _Neshec_ the biting, and...
_Take no usury of him_ That is, of thy brother, whether he be Israelite or proselyte. _Or increase_ All kinds of usury are in this case forbidden, whether of money, or of victuals, or of any thing tha...
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...
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...
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...
i.e. Of thy brother, whether he be Israelite or proselyte. INCREASE: this some conceive relates to the fruits of the earth, food, &c., as _usury_ doth to money. But here may rather seem to be two word...
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 25:36 Take H3947 (H8799) usury H5392 interest H8636 fear H3372 (H8804) God H430 brother H251 live...
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...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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...
_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...
Deuteronomy 23:19; Deuteronomy 23:20; Exodus 22:25; Ezekiel 18:13;...
Of him — That is, of thy brother, whether he be Israelite, or proselyte. Or increase — All kinds of usury are in this case forbidden, whether of money, or of victuals, or of any thing that is commonly...