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 freely to his people. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=imag... [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 25:8 Jubilee was a year of release and LIBERTY (v. Leviticus 25:10), when people were to RETURN to their ancestral PROPERTY. Israelites who had sold themselves as servants were to be released and sent home. This provided a periodic restoration of the means to earn a livin... [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 25:13 The PRICE of PROPERTY must be calculated in terms of how many YEARS have passed since the jubilee, since it is not the property itself that is being sold but the amount of CROPS that can be harvested before the next jubilee. Since all the Israelites eventually RETUR... [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 25:23 THE LAND is the Lord’s, and the Israelites are STRANGERS AND SOJOURNERS. They are tenants, essentially. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 25:25 If an Israelite is forced to sell his land, the land can be brought back to the family in one of three ways: (1) a close relative, called a kinsman-redeemer, buys it; (2) the one who sold it can buy it back; or (3) it is returned at the JUBILEE. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images =... [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 25:35 Israelites are to show mercy to one another because they have received mercy from God. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 25:39 A poor Israelite may have sold himself to a fellow Israelite. His right to return to his house at the JUBILEE means he has sold just his labor, and not his status as a free Israelite. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images... [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 25:47 The SOJOURNER is required to keep the laws of Israel while residing in the land. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]