Redemption of Hebrews from Aliens. The right of redemption is to hold in the case of a Hebrew who has sold himself to a resident alien. His services are regarded as leased till the fiftieth year, and the price to be paid for his freedom by a relative will vary with the number of years to run. He is to be treated like a wage earner. Just as Yahweh alone is the owner of the land, so Israelites can be slaves of Him alone.
A SOJOURNER OR STRANGER - Rather, a foreigner who has settled among you. See Leviticus 16:29, note; Exodus 20:10, note. Leviticus 25:54 In these y
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 case of Israelites who are slaves of resident foreigners_(H but with a large admixture of P) Such a person might be redeemed, or, if he acquired the means, might redeem himself, the price of red...
IF A SOJOURNER—WAX RICH, &C.— Equitable in all his laws, God here provides that the sojourner in Israel should have the same legal advantages with the native: to whom, if reduced, though he grants the...
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...
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 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 take...
וְ כִ֣י תַשִּׂ֗יג יַ֣ד גֵּ֤ר וְ תֹושָׁב֙
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 JUBILEE AND SLAVERY Leviticus 25:39 "And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant: as a hired servant, and as a sojour...
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...
_Stranger, or Gentile, who engages at least to keep the precepts given to Noe. (Haydock)_...
The doctrine of free grace, and of full redemption by JESUS, became so important to be shadowed forth, and kept in view through the whole of the law, that the HOLY GHOST was pleased to repeat the same...
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...
47._And if a sojourner or a stranger_. A caution is here introduced as to the Israelites who had enslaved themselves to strangers. But by strangers understand only those who inhabited the land of Cana...
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 A SOJOURNER OR STRANGER WAX RICH BY THEE,.... An uncircumcised one, as the Targums, a proselyte of the gate, who by living among and trading with the Israelites, might grow rich and wealthy in...
_The stock of the strangers_ Hebrew _, root_, that is, one of the root or stock. So the word _root_ is elsewhere used for the branch or progeny growing from it. He seems to denote one of a foreign rac...
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...
And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, the non-Israelite growing wealthy in the same proportion as the Israelite grew poor, AND SELL HIMSELF UN...
Consideration for the Poor and for Slaves....
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...
WAX RICH: _ Heb._ his hand obtain, etc...
39-55 A native Israelite, if sold for debt, or for a crime, was to serve but six years, and to go out the seventh. If he sold himself, through poverty, both his work and his usage must be such as wer...
THE STOCK, Heb. _root_, i.e. one of the root or stock. So the word _root_ is elsewhere used for the branch or progeny growing from it, as NUMBERS 13:28 2 CHRONICLES 22:10. He seems to note one of a fo...
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 25:47 sojourner H1616 stranger H8453 you H3027 rich H5381 (H8686) brethren H251 poor H4134 (H8802) se
AN ISRAELITE MEMBER OF THE COVENANT MUST ALWAYS BE ABLE TO BUY HIS FREEDOM AT ANY TIME (LEVITICUS 25:47). Leviticus 25:47 “And if a stranger or sojourner with you be grown rich, and your brother be...
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...
_If thy brother. .. be sold unto thee._ SLAVERY I. Texts relating to slaves. 1. Called bondmen (Genesis 43:18; Genesis 44:9). 2. By birth (Genesis 14:14;...
_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 25:47 The SOJOURNER is required to keep the laws of Israel while residing in the land. ⇐...
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 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:8; James 2:5; Leviticus 25:26...
The flock — Heb. root, that is, one of the root or flock. So the word root is elsewhere used for the branch or progeny growing from it. He seems to note one of a foreign race and country, transplanted...