Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Leviticus 19:10
I am the Lord your God — Who gave you all these things with a reservation of my right in them, and with a charge of giving part of them to the poor.
I am the Lord your God — Who gave you all these things with a reservation of my right in them, and with a charge of giving part of them to the poor.
See Deuteronomy 24:19. “Grape” signifies fallen fruit of any kind; and “vineyard” a fruit garden of any kind. Compare Deuteronomy 23:24. THE POOR - is the poor Israelite - “the stranger” is properly t...
2. DIFFERENT DUTIES CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Honoring parents and fearing God (Leviticus 19:1)_ 2. The care of the poor (Leviticus 19:9) 3. Against stealing and lying (Leviticus 19:11) 4
HUMANITY AND UPRIGHTNESS. Gleaning is to be encouraged, both in field and vineyard. It may well be that the corners of the field were originally left so as to avoid driving out the vegetation spirit....
Cp. Leviticus 23:22. The law of gleaning: a portion of the produce of the soil is to be left for the poor. A similar law is found in Deuteronomy 24:19-21. The word translated - _the fallen fruit_" (-e...
THE SECOND TABLE OF THE LAW 19:9-18 TEXT 19:9-18 9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harve...
_AND WHEN YE REAP THE HARVEST OF YOUR LAND, THOU SHALT NOT WHOLLY REAP THE CORNERS OF THY FIELD, NEITHER SHALT THOU GATHER THE GLEANINGS OF THY HARVEST._ When ye reap the harvest of your land. The ri...
VARIOUS LAWS, MAINLY OF A MORAL AND HUMANE CHARACTER This chapter was very naturally regarded by Jewish authorities as an embodiment of the Decalogue. It will be observed that in general the precepts...
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 THOU SHALT NOT GLEAN THY VINEYARD. — In gathering in the vine care is to be taken only to cut off’ the large clusters, but not the _infantas,_ as the expression literally denotes, which is here re...
וְ כַרְמְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תְעֹולֵ֔ל וּ פֶ֥רֶט כַּרְמְ
THE LAW OF HOLINESS (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 19:1 WE have in this chapter a series of precepts and prohibitions which from internal evidence appear to have been selected by an inspired redactor of the c...
The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis, namely, the fact that the God of this people is Jehovah. There was, first,...
_Strangers. Septuagint and Syriac, "proselytes," who might dwell in the country. As the soil did not belong to them, great compassion was requisite: otherwise they must have perished, or become slaves...
These are gracious precepts, teaching and implying the LORD'S love to acts of mercy. Reader! is there not also somewhat spiritual in them? While we have JESUS for our substance, the poorest of his peo...
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...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 AND 20. Chapter s 19, 20, carry us somewhat farther. They were to be holy, for Jehovah was holy. Chapter 19 takes up rather the side of good, though keepin...
AND THOU SHALT NOT GLEAN THY VINEYARD,.... Or cut off the little clusters which are, as Aben Ezra observes, like an infant, as the word signifies, infant clusters, which were small in comparison of th...
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather [every] grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 10. _I am the Lord._] T...
_Thou shalt not gather the gleanings of thy harvest_ They were not to be exact in carrying all off, but were to leave some part to be gleaned and reaped by their poor neighbours, whether Israelites or...
1 A repetition of sundry Lawes. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and say vnto them, [NOTE: Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7; 1 Pet...
MANY LAWS GROUPED TOGETHER (VV. 1-37) We have seen at the beginning and end of chapter 18 God's announcement, “I am the Lord your God.” In chapter 19 the expression “I am the Lord” occurs 15 times. Bu...
Who gave you all these things with a reservation of my authority over you, and right in them, and with a charge of giving part of them to the poor....
Leviticus 19:10 glean H5953 (H8779) vineyard H3754 gather H3950 (H8762) grape H6528 vineyard H3754 leave H5800
VARIOUS HOLINESS REQUIREMENTS (LEVITICUS 19:3). Rightness Of Attitude Towards God and Generosity Towards One's Neighbours (Leviticus 19:3). Leviticus 19:3 “You (p) shall fear every man his mother,...
CONTENTS: Further laws concerning proper relationships. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: God's people being distinguished from all other people by a peculiar relationship with Him through Christ,...
The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be better understood. Most of these having already been explained,...
_Thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field._ A SERMON TO GLEANERS The subject of gleaning in the fields may appear to some to be a very lowly one, and an address delivered exclusively to th...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:1__ The Lord strongly commands the people (including the priests) to become holy in their practice, as he is holy (v. Leviticus 19:2). They do this by observi
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:9 Caring for one’s neighbor and helping provide for the POOR and the SOJOURNER displays holiness. On the other hand, harvesting RIGHT UP TO the...
Practical Piety: Religion in all Relationships SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 19:2.—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say: Nowhere else in the whole of Leviticus does this...
EXPOSITION From the prohibition of moral uncleanness exhibiting itself in the form of incest and licentiousness, the legislator proceeds to a series of laws and commandments against other kinds of imm...
Now God continues in this same vein, as He moves into chapter nineteen. Speak unto all of the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am ho...
Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13; Jeremiah 49:9; Judges 8:2; Leviticus 25:6;...