That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest, the volunteer grain from the kernels that had dropped out at the last harvest, thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed, the grapes which grew in the vineyard without the attention of the husbandman; for it is a year of rest unto the land.
VINE UNDRESSED - That is, “unpruned”; literally “Nazarite vine”, the figure being taken from the unshorn locks of the Nazarite. Numbers 6:5....
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.
LEVITICUS 25. THE YEAR OF SABBATH AND OF JUBILE. Leviticus 25:1. The Year of Sabbath (H). This is an ancient Hebrew institution (p. 102), _cf._ Exodus 23:10 *, where the law of a fallow every seventh...
UNDRESSED. unpruned....
The rest year was a transference to the _land_of the sabbatical idea emphasized each week for _living creatures_, the year being now taken as the unit instead of the day. See App. I, pp. 172 f. for th...
_undressed_ untrimmed by lopping and hence consecrated. The Heb. word is the same as that denoting the Nazirite, who in token of his consecration wore his hair uncut (Numbers 6:5)....
IT IS A YEAR OF REST UNTO THE LAND— It is a known rule in husbandry, that land requires rest; and therefore it is generally laid fallow, in order to recruit its strength: this, doubtless, among others...
4. SABBATICAL AND JUBILEE YEARS 25:1-55 a. THE SABBATICAL YEAR 25:1-7 TEXT 25:1-7 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whe...
_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._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....
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...
This v. is interesting as containing the only example of the word 'its' in AV Elsewhere the word 'his' is used as the possessive of the neuter pronoun. In the AV of 1611 it is printed 'it'; 'that whic...
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...
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,...
אֵ֣ת סְפִ֤יחַ קְצִֽירְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִקְצֹ֔ור וְ א
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...
THE SABBATICAL YEAR AND THE JUBILEE Leviticus 25:1 As the weekly Sabbath was to give septennial rest for man and beast, so the sabbatical year, returning after six years of unbroken harvests was to b...
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...
That which groweth of its (b) own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine (c) undressed: [for] it is a year of rest unto the land. (b) Because of the corn tha...
Reap entirely, but only take a part, ver. 6. --- First-fruits. None shall be this year presented to the Lord. Hebrew has the word Nezireka, "Nazareat," alluding to the custom of those who, out of devo...
What a strong leading feature is here given of man's dependence upon GOD. And what a precious comment doth JESUS himself give of it. Matthew 4:4....
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...
THAT WHICH GROWETH OF ITS OWN ACCORD OF THY HARVEST THOU SHALT NOT REAP,.... That which sprung up of itself from grains of corn, shed in the harvest of the preceding year, without any ploughing or sow...
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. Ver. 5. _Thou shalt not reap,_] _sc...
_A sabbath of rest to the land_ They were neither to do any work about it, nor expect any harvest from it. All yearly labours were to be intermitted in the seventh year, as much as daily labours on th...
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...
OF THY VINE UNDRESSED: _ Heb._ of thy separations...
1-7 All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the seventh day. These statues tell us to beware of covetousness, for a man's life consists not in the abundance of his pos...
OF ITS OWN ACCORD; from the grains that fell out of the ears the last reaping time. THOU SHALT NOT REAP, i.e. as thy own peculiarly, but only so as others may reap it with thee, for present food. THE...
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 25:5 accord H5599 harvest H7105 reap H7114 (H8799) gather H1219 (H8799) grapes H6025 vine H5139 year...
THE SABBATICAL YEAR (LEVITICUS 25:1). Leviticus 25:1 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying,' Again we have stressed that here we have God's word to Moses. Leviticus 25:2 “Speak to
Leviticus 25:1. _And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 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 sab...
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 25:1 The practice of allowing no organized farming in the SEVENTH YEAR clearly benefits the soil. It also recognizes that all produce belongs to God and that he gives it fr...
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...
2 Kings 19:29; Isaiah 37:30...
Of its own accord — From the grains that fell out of the ears the last reaping time. Thou shalt not reap — That is, as thy own peculiarly, but only so as others may reap it with thee, for present food...