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Selected Verse: Leviticus 25:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 25:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and say [0559] unto them, When ye come [0935] into the land [0776] which I give [05414] you, then shall the land [0776] keep [07673] a sabbath [07676] unto the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
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 sabbath unto the LORD. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
SABBATH OF THE SEVENTH YEAR. (Lev 25:1-7)
When ye come into the land which I give you--It has been questioned on what year, after the occupation of Canaan, the sabbatic year began to be observed. Some think it was the seventh year after their entrance. But others, considering that as the first six years were spent in the conquest and division of the land (Jos 5:12), and that the sabbatical year was to be observed after six years of agriculture, maintain that the observance did not commence till the fourteenth year.
the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord--This was a very peculiar arrangement. Not only all agricultural processes were to be intermitted every seventh year, but the cultivators had no right to the soil. It lay entirely fallow, and its spontaneous produce was the common property of the poor and the stranger, the cattle and game. This year of rest was to invigorate the productive powers of the land, as the weekly Sabbath was a refreshment to men and cattle. It commenced immediately after the feast of ingathering, and it was calculated to teach the people, in a remarkable manner, the reality of the presence and providential power of God. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The Sabbatical Year. - When Israel had come into the land which the Lord gave to it, it was to sanctify it to the Lord by the observance of a Sabbath. As the nation at large, with its labourers and beasts of burden, was to keep a Sabbath or day of rest every seventh day of the week, so the land which they filled was to rest (to keep, שׁבּי שׁבת as in Lev 23:32) a Sabbath to the Lord. Six years they were to sow the field and cut the vineyard, i.e., cultivate the corn-fields, vineyards, and olive-yards (Exo 23:11 : see the remarks on cerem at Lev 19:10), and gather in their produce; but in the seventh year the land was to keep a Sabbath of rest (Sabbath sabbathon, Exo 31:15), a Sabbath consecrated to the Lord (see Exo 20:10); and in this year the land was neither to be tilled nor reaped (cf. Exo 23:10-11). זמר in Kal applies only to the cutting of grapes, and so also in Niphal, Isa 5:6; hence zemorah, a vine-branch (Num 13:23), and mazmerah, a pruning-knife (Isa 2:4, etc.).
(Note: The meaning to sin and play, which is peculiar to the Piel, and is derived from zamar, to hum, has hardly anything to do with this. At all events the connection has not yet been shown to be a probable one. See Hupfeld, Psa 4:1-8 pp. 421-2, note.)
The omission of sowing and reaping presupposed that the sabbatical year commenced with the civil year, in the autumn of the sixth year of labour, and not with the ecclesiastical year, on the first of Abib (Nisan), and that it lasted till the autumn of the seventh year, when the cultivation of the land would commence again with the preparation of the ground and the sowing of the seed for the eighth year; and with this the command to proclaim the jubilee year on "the tenth day of the seventh month" throughout all the land (Lev 25:9), and the calculation in Lev 25:21, Lev 25:22, fully agree. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| When ye come into the land - So as to be settled in it; for the time of the wars was not to be accounted, nor the time before Joshua's distribution of the land among them. Keep a sabbath - That is, enjoy rest and freedom from plowing, and tilling. Unto the Lord - In obedience and unto the honour of God. This was instituted, For the assertion of God's sovereign right to the land, in which the Israelites were but tenants at God's will. For the trial of their obedience. For the demonstration of his providence as well in general towards men, as especially towards his own people. To wean them from inordinate love, and pursuit of worldly advantages, and to inure them to depend upon God alone, and upon God's blessing for their subsistence. To put them in mind of that blessed and eternal rest provided for all good men. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The land keep a Sabbath - See this ordinance explained, Exo 23:11 (note). It may be asked here: if it required all the annual produce of the field to support the inhabitants, how could the people be nourished the seventh year, when no produce was received from the fields? To this it may be answered, that God sent his blessing in an especial manner on the sixth year, (see Lev 25:21, Lev 25:22), and it brought forth fruit for three years. How astonishing and convincing was this miracle! Could there possibly be any deception here? No! The miracle speaks for itself, proves the Divine authenticity of the law, and takes every prop and stay from the system that wishes to convict the Mosaic ordinances of imposture. See Exo 23:11. It is evident from this that the Mosaic law must have had a Divine origin, as no man in his senses, without God's authority, could have made such an ordinance as this; for the sixth year, from its promulgation, would have amply refuted his pretensions to a Divine mission. |
12 And the manna [04478] ceased [07673] on the morrow [04283] after they had eaten [0398] of the old corn [05669] of the land [0776]; neither had the children [01121] of Israel [03478] manna [04478] any more; but they did eat [0398] of the fruit [08393] of the land [0776] of Canaan [03667] that year [08141].
1 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872] in mount [02022] Sinai [05514], saying [0559],
2 Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and say [0559] unto them, When ye come [0935] into the land [0776] which I give [05414] you, then shall the land [0776] keep [07673] a sabbath [07676] unto the LORD [03068].
3 Six [08337] years [08141] thou shalt sow [02232] thy field [07704], and six [08337] years [08141] thou shalt prune [02168] thy vineyard [03754], and gather [0622] in the fruit [08393] thereof;
4 But in the seventh [07637] year [08141] shall be a sabbath [07676] of rest [07677] unto the land [0776], a sabbath [07676] for the LORD [03068]: thou shalt neither sow [02232] thy field [07704], nor prune [02168] thy vineyard [03754].
5 That which groweth of its own accord [05599] of thy harvest [07105] thou shalt not reap [07114], neither gather [01219] the grapes [06025] of thy vine undressed [05139]: for it is a year [08141] of rest [07677] unto the land [0776].
6 And the sabbath [07676] of the land [0776] shall be meat [0402] for you; for thee, and for thy servant [05650], and for thy maid [0519], and for thy hired servant [07916], and for thy stranger [08453] that sojourneth [01481] with thee,
7 And for thy cattle [0929], and for the beast [02416] that are in thy land [0776], shall all the increase [08393] thereof be meat [0398].
22 And ye shall sow [02232] the eighth [08066] year [08141], and eat [0398] yet of old [03465] fruit [08393] until the ninth [08671] year [08141]; until her fruits [08393] come in [0935] ye shall eat [0398] of the old [03465] store.
21 Then I will command [06680] my blessing [01293] upon you in the sixth [08345] year [08141], and it shall bring forth [06213] fruit [08393] for three [07969] years [08141].
9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet [07782] of the jubile [08643] to sound [05674] on the tenth [06218] day of the seventh [07637] month [02320], in the day [03117] of atonement [03725] shall ye make the trumpet [07782] sound [05674] throughout all your land [0776].
1 To the chief Musician [05329] on Neginoth [05058], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. Hear [06030] me when I call [07121], O God [0430] of my righteousness [06664]: thou hast enlarged [07337] me when I was in distress [06862]; have mercy [02603] upon me, and hear [08085] my prayer [08605].
2 O ye sons [01121] of men [0376], how long [05704] will ye turn my glory [03519] into shame [03639]? how long will ye love [0157] vanity [07385], and seek [01245] after leasing [03577]? Selah [05542].
3 But know [03045] that the LORD [03068] hath set apart [06395] him that is godly [02623] for himself: the LORD [03068] will hear [08085] when I call [07121] unto him.
4 Stand in awe [07264], and sin [02398] not: commune [0559] with your own heart [03824] upon your bed [04904], and be still [01826]. Selah [05542].
5 Offer [02076] the sacrifices [02077] of righteousness [06664], and put your trust [0982] in the LORD [03068].
6 There be many [07227] that say [0559], Who will shew [07200] us any good [02896]? LORD [03068], lift thou up [05375] the light [0216] of thy countenance [06440] upon us.
7 Thou hast put [05414] gladness [08057] in my heart [03820], more than in the time [06256] that their corn [01715] and their wine [08492] increased [07231].
8 I will both [03162] lay me down [07901] in peace [07965], and sleep [03462]: for thou, LORD [03068], only [0910] makest me dwell [03427] in safety [0983].
4 And he shall judge [08199] among the nations [01471], and shall rebuke [03198] many [07227] people [05971]: and they shall beat [03807] their swords [02719] into plowshares [0855], and their spears [02595] into pruninghooks [04211]: nation [01471] shall not lift up [05375] sword [02719] against nation [01471], neither shall they learn [03925] war [04421] any more.
23 And they came [0935] unto the brook [05158] of Eshcol [0812], and cut down [03772] from thence a branch [02156] with one [0259] cluster [0811] of grapes [06025], and they bare [05375] it between two [08147] upon a staff [04132]; and they brought of the pomegranates [07416], and of the figs [08384].
6 And I will lay [07896] it waste [01326]: it shall not be pruned [02168], nor digged [05737]; but there shall come up [05927] briers [08068] and thorns [07898]: I will also command [06680] the clouds [05645] that they rain [04305] no rain [04306] upon it.
10 And six [08337] years [08141] thou shalt sow [02232] thy land [0776], and shalt gather [0622] in the fruits [08393] thereof:
11 But the seventh [07637] year thou shalt let it rest [08058] and lie [05203] still; that the poor [034] of thy people [05971] may eat [0398]: and what they leave [03499] the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] shall eat [0398]. In like manner thou shalt deal [06213] with thy vineyard [03754], and with thy oliveyard [02132].
10 But the seventh [07637] day [03117] is the sabbath [07676] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]: in it thou shalt not do [06213] any work [04399], thou, nor thy son [01121], nor thy daughter [01323], thy manservant [05650], nor thy maidservant [0519], nor thy cattle [0929], nor thy stranger [01616] that is within thy gates [08179]:
15 Six [08337] days [03117] may work [04399] be done [06213]; but in the seventh [07637] is the sabbath [07676] of rest [07677], holy [06944] to the LORD [03068]: whosoever doeth [06213] any work [04399] in the sabbath [07676] day [03117], he shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].
10 And thou shalt not glean [05953] thy vineyard [03754], neither shalt thou gather [03950] every grape [06528] of thy vineyard [03754]; thou shalt leave [05800] them for the poor [06041] and stranger [01616]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
11 But the seventh [07637] year thou shalt let it rest [08058] and lie [05203] still; that the poor [034] of thy people [05971] may eat [0398]: and what they leave [03499] the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] shall eat [0398]. In like manner thou shalt deal [06213] with thy vineyard [03754], and with thy oliveyard [02132].
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath [07676] of rest [07677], and ye shall afflict [06031] your souls [05315]: in the ninth [08672] day of the month [02320] at even [06153], from even [06153] unto even [06153], shall ye celebrate [07673] your sabbath [07676].
11 But the seventh [07637] year thou shalt let it rest [08058] and lie [05203] still; that the poor [034] of thy people [05971] may eat [0398]: and what they leave [03499] the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] shall eat [0398]. In like manner thou shalt deal [06213] with thy vineyard [03754], and with thy oliveyard [02132].
22 And ye shall sow [02232] the eighth [08066] year [08141], and eat [0398] yet of old [03465] fruit [08393] until the ninth [08671] year [08141]; until her fruits [08393] come in [0935] ye shall eat [0398] of the old [03465] store.
21 Then I will command [06680] my blessing [01293] upon you in the sixth [08345] year [08141], and it shall bring forth [06213] fruit [08393] for three [07969] years [08141].
11 But the seventh [07637] year thou shalt let it rest [08058] and lie [05203] still; that the poor [034] of thy people [05971] may eat [0398]: and what they leave [03499] the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] shall eat [0398]. In like manner thou shalt deal [06213] with thy vineyard [03754], and with thy oliveyard [02132].