Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Leviticus 19:25
That it may yield the increase That God may be pleased to give his blessing, which alone could make them fruitful.
That it may yield the increase That God may be pleased to give his blessing, which alone could make them fruitful.
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;...
Miscellaneous precepts in reference to the various circumstances of every-day life....
THAT IT MAY YIELD UNTO YOU THE INCREASE THEREOF— The Vulgate and Houbigant read it, _ye shall eat the fruit of it, gathering in its increase._...
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...
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 IN THE FIFTH YEAR. — It was only in the fifth year that the owner was permitted to eat the fruits without redeeming them. THAT IT MAY YIELD UNTO YOU THE INCREASE THEREOF. — That is, refraining fro...
וּ בַ † שָּׁנָ֣ה הַ חֲמִישִׁ֗ת תֹּֽאכְלוּ֙...
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,...
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...
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 IN THE FIFTH YEAR SHALL YE EAT OF THE FRUIT THEREOF,.... And so in all succeeding years as long as the tree lasted and bore: THAT IT MAY YIELD UNTO YOU THE INCREASE THEREOF; may be so abundantly...
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 25. _That it may yield unto you the increase thereof,_] _i.e.,...
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...
THAT IT MAY YIELD UNTO YOU THE INCREASE THEREOF; that God may be pleased to give his blessing, which alone can make them fruitful....
Leviticus 19:25 fifth H2549 year H8141 eat H398 (H8799) fruit H6529 yield H3254 (H8687) increase H8393 LORD...
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...
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 19:23 FORBIDDEN literally means “uncircumcised.” As a child is not to be circumcised before the eighth day, so the fruit on a tree is not to be harvested until after the th...
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...
Ecclesiastes 11:1; Ecclesiastes 11:2; Haggai 1:4; Haggai 1:9; H
That it may yield the increase — That God may be pleased to give his blessing, which alone can make them fruitful....