Verse Leviticus 19:23. _THREE YEARS SHALL IT BE AS UNCIRCUMCISED_] I see no great reason to seek for mystical meanings in this prohibition. The fruit of a young tree cannot be good; for not having ar...
FRUIT ... UNCIRCUMCISED - i. e. unfit for presentation to Yahweh. In regard to its spiritual lesson, this law may be compared with the dedication of the first-born of beasts to Yahweh Exodus 13:12; Ex...
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
HOLINESS IN FARM LIFE AND BETWEEN THE SEXES. Hybrids are forbidden; a rule which, with its curious extensions, is found in Deuteronomy 22:9 f.; but contrast 2 Samuel 13:29; 1 Kings 10:25;...
WHEN YE SHALL COME. The second of four prospective laws. See note on Leviticus 14:34. Compare Leviticus 19:23; Leviticus 23:10; Le
The fruit tree in its first three years is to be regarded as a male infant during his first eight days (Dillm.), i.e. as unconsecrated. Probably the object was to allow the tree time to become accusto...
Miscellaneous precepts in reference to the various circumstances of every-day life....
WHEN YE SHALL COME INTO THE LAND, &C.— Though a reason for this law may, with great propriety, be drawn from nature itself, which dictates that the fruit of trees is not proper for use till the period...
VARIOUS ORDINANCES 19:19-29 TEXT 19:19-29 19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall t...
_AND WHEN YE SHALL COME INTO THE LAND, AND SHALL HAVE PLANTED ALL MANNER OF TREES FOR FOOD, THEN YE SHALL COUNT THE FRUIT THEREOF AS UNCIRCUMCISED: THREE YEARS SHALL IT BE AS UNCIRCUMCISED UNTO YOU: I...
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...
Uncircumcised] i.e. unconsecrated, unclean, and therefore not to be used for the first three years. In the fourth year the fruit is to be dedicated to God, after which the owner is free to enjoy the u...
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 WHEN YE SHALL COME. — Rather, _And when ye be come,_ as the Authorised Version renders the same phrase in Leviticus 14:34. This is one of the four instances in Leviticus of a law being given prosp...
וְ כִי ־תָבֹ֣אוּ אֶל ־הָ אָ֗רֶץ וּ
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,...
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye (h) shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you...
The first-fruits. Præputia, literally their fore-skins: it alludes to circumcision, and signifies that for the first three years the trees were to be as uncircumcised, and their fruit unclean; till th...
Besides the evident intention of this precept, in testifying thereby, that we hold all we have, as tenants of will, under the LORD; and therefore it is but justice and equity that we should pay the re...
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...
23._And when ye shall come. _There seems to me no question but that the circumcision of trees as well as of men appertains to the First Commandment, not only that the Jews might see a symbol of their...
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 WHEN YE SHALL COME INTO THE LAND,.... The land of Canaan, whither they were now going: AND SHALL HAVE PLANTED ALL MANNER OF TREES FOR FOOD; such that brought forth fruit that was eatable, as figs...
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it...
_As uncircumcised_ That is, as unclean, not to be eaten, but cast away, because the fruit then was less wholesome, and because hereby men were taught to bridle their appetites; a lesson of great use a...
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...
AS UNCIRCUMCISED, i.e. as unclean, not to be eaten, but cast away, and counted abominable, as the foreskins are. THREE YEARS. This precept was serviceable, 1. To the trees themselves, which grew the...
Leviticus 19:23 come H935 (H8799) land H776 planted H5193 (H8804) trees H6086 food H3978 count H6188 ...
CARE FOR TREES (LEVITICUS 19:23). Leviticus 19:23 “And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then you shall count its fruit thereof as their uncirc...
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,...
_In the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy._ THE LAW REGARDING FRUIT-TREES The explanation of this peculiar regulation is to be found in a special application of the principle which rule...
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...
Acts 7:51; Exodus 22:29; Exodus 22:30; Exodus 6:12; Exodus 6:30;...
As uncircumcised — That is, As unclean, not to be eaten but cast away. This precept was serviceable, To the trees themselves, which grew the better and faster, being early stript of those fruits, whic...