What does Leviticus 25:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:"
Verse Leviticus 25:20. _WHAT SHALL WE EAT THE SEVENTH YEAR?_] A very natural question, which could only be laid at rest by the sovereign promise in the next verse: _I will_ COMMAND _my_ BLESSING _upon...
4. THE SABBATIC YEAR AND THE YEAR OF JUBILEE CHAPTER 25 _ 1. The Sabbatic year (Leviticus 25:1)_ 2. The jubilee (Leviticus 25:8) 3. The jubilee and the land (Leviticus 25:13) 4. The jubilee and t...
THE YEAR OF JUBILE. This law contains two large provisions, the return of estates to their original owners, and the liberation of Hebrew slaves, both in the fiftieth year. It also contains a section w...
WHAT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. (A lesson for us. God's "I will" the answer to our "What? "). BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
A hortatory addition, relating to the sabbatical year and interrupting the Jubile regulations. It is thus clearly out of place, and should properly follow Leviticus 25:7. Its tone is that of H, and is...
DISCOURSE: 142 THE SABBATICAL YEAR Leviticus 25:20. _And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: Then will I command my blessing upo...
_LEVITICUS 25:20_, &C. _AND IF YE SHALL SAY,_ &C.— This increase which the Lord promises to give in the sixth year, was a continual proof to the Jews of his regard to them, of his immediate government...
b. THE YEAR OF JUBILEE 25:8-55 RULES FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF THE JUBILEE 25:8-22 TEXT 25:8-22 8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years, and there shall be unt...
_WHEREFORE YE SHALL DO MY STATUTES, AND KEEP MY JUDGMENTS, AND DO THEM; AND YE SHALL DWELL IN THE LAND IN SAFETY._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE SABBATICAL YEAR. THE YEAR OF JUBILEE The matters treated in this chapter are closely related to those in Leviticus 23, and their separation is another indication that we are dealing with a book m...
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...
WHAT SHALL WE EAT THE SEVENTH YEAR ? — The Lawgiver here anticipates an objection on the part of those who are called upon to abstain from cultivating the land in the sabbatical year, and who are over...
וְ כִ֣י תֹאמְר֔וּ מַה ־נֹּאכַ֤ל בַּ † שָּׁנָ֣ה הַ שְּׁבִיעִ֑ת הֵ֚ן לֹ֣א נִזְרָ֔ע וְ...
THE SABBATIC YEAR AND THE JUBILEE Leviticus 25:1 THE system of annually recurring sabbatic times, as given in chapter 23, culminated in the sabbatic seventh month. But this remarkable system of sabb...
CONSIDERATION FOR THE POOR Leviticus 25:18 It was good for the land to lie fallow for one year in seven; and it was a wise provision that it should not be sold in perpetuity. This enactment prevente...
The last section of the Book of Leviticus is occupied with setting forth laws concerning the outward signs in the land of the proof of possession, together with certain promises and warnings, all endi...
Reader, do not overlook in these verses how gracious the LORD is. Rather than GOD'S people shall be losers by their dependence upon him, he will even work a miracle to supply them; for causing the six...
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...
20._And if ye shall say. _Men will never be obedient to God’s precepts, unless their distrust of Him is corrected, and will be always ingenious in laying hold of pretexts for disobedience. The difficu...
Chapter 25. The land itself is held for Jehovah, as being His; it must enjoy God's rest; and moreover he who had lost his inheritance therein should find it again, according to the counsels of God, at...
AND YE SHALL SAY, WHAT SHALL YE EAT THE SEVENTH YEAR?.... Such as are of little faith, disbelieve the promise, and distrust the providence of God, and take thought for tomorrow, and indulge an anxiety...
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: Ver. 20. _And if ye shall say._] A clear answer to a carnal objection. Usually God conce...
1 The Sabbath of the seuenth yeere. 8 The Iubile in the fiftieth yeere. 14 Of oppression. 18 A blessing of obedience. 23 The redemption of land, 29 Of houses. 35 Compassion of the poore. 39 The...
THE YEAR OF JUBILEE...
THE SEVENTH YEAR SABBATH (VV. 1-7) Here was a wonderful provision for Israel every seven years. When they came into their land, they were to plant their land for six years and reap its fruits. But th...
8-22 The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty an...
A like objection, see EXODUS 34:23,24....
The intelligent reader will discern a strong moral link between this and the preceding chapter. In Leviticus 24:1-23 we learn that the house of Israel is preserved for the land of Canaan. In chapter 2...
Leviticus 25:20 say H559 (H8799) eat H398 (H8799) seventh H7637 year H8141 sow H2232 (H8799) gather H622 (H8799) produce H8393 Numbers 11:4, Numbers 11:13; 2 Kings 6:15-17,...
THE PROBLEM OF HAVING A SEVENTH YEAR WITHOUT SOWING AND PLANTING (LEVITICUS 25:20). Leviticus 25:20 “And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather i...
Leviticus 25:1. _And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sab...
CONTENTS: Laws of the land. Sabbatic year and year of Jubilee. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The blessing of God upon our provision will make a little go a long way and satisfy even the poor w...
Leviticus 25:4. The _seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest._ While the Hebrews continued faithful under the Theocracy of heaven, they were the happiest people in the world. A sabbatical year was a y...
_A Sabbath of rest unto the land._ THE SABBATIC YEAR AND JUBILEE 1. I do not suppose that these sabbatic regulations referred severally to separate and distinct things. The seventh day, the seventh m...
The Fear of Jubilee SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 25:1.—Then shall the land keep a Sabbath unto the Lord. For a whole year the land ceased to be the property of the owner; he might not till the soil,...
EXPOSITION The subject of the sacred seasons is taken up again in this chapter, after the parenthetical insertion of Leviticus 24:1. There remain the septennial festive season and that of the half-ce...
Now as we get into chapter twenty-five, they were to give the land a Sabbath day's rest or Sabbath year. They were to plant the land for six years, the seventh year they were to let the land rest. Rea...
2 Chronicles 25:9; 2 Kings 6:15; 2 Kings 7:2; Hebrews 13:5; Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 1:2; Luke 12:29; Matthew 6:25; Matthew 8:26; Numbers 11:13;