Exodus 23:10,11

And six years— See Leviticus 25 for the particulars respecting the sabbatical year: see also Deuteronomy 31:10; Deuteronomy 31:30.

Note: 1. Every seventh year the land was neither plowed nor sown, nor their vineyards or olive-yards gathered: the poor had a right to the increase. A tender concern for the needy will still be in every true Israelite. 2. The sabbath-day, as before, is strictly to be observed, Exodus 23:12. Exodus 23:3. A caution is given against the very mention of idol-gods, Exodus 23:13. How many, who profess themselves Christians, by their invocations, oaths, &c. in the name of these idols, shew the heathenism of their hearts!