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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.
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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...
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_Law in respect to the redemption of houses_(P)
Houses in a walled town, if sold, and not redeemed within a year, were
(with the exception of those belonging to the Levites) to be
unaffected by the J...
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IF A MAN SELL A DWELLING-HOUSE, &C.— Great difference is here made
between houses _in walled cities,_ and in the country: the former, if
sold, were either to be redeemed within the compass of _a year,...
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THEY MAY BE REDEEMED, AND, &C.— It is very evident that the _and_
here would be rendered more properly _else,_ or _otherwise._...
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THE LAW OF REDEMPTION 25:23-34
TEXT 25:23-34
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And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine:
for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
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And in all the land of your poss...
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_AND IF A MAN SELL A DWELLING HOUSE IN A WALLED CITY, THEN HE MAY
REDEEM IT WITHIN A WHOLE YEAR AFTER IT IS SOLD; WITHIN A FULL YEAR MAY
HE REDEEM IT._
If a man sell a dwelling house. All sales of ho...
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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 ma...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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BUT THE HOUSES OF THE VILLAGES WHICH HAVE NO WALL. — Houses in
villages, however, form an exception. They are part of the landed
property, and hence, like the cultivated land on which they are
erected...
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וּ בָתֵּ֣י הַ חֲצֵרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֵין
־לָהֶ֤ם
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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 sabba...
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THE JUBILEE AND DWELLING HOUSES
Leviticus 25:29
"And if a man sell a dwelling house in a wailed city, then he may
redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall
he have the rig...
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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 prevented...
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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...
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All these precepts refer to one and the same thing. But their
spiritual import is peculiarly striking. A brother so poor as not to
be able to redeem his right, is a lively type of our poor nature. And...
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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...
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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...
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BUT THE HOUSES OF THE VILLAGES, WHICH HAVE NO WALLS ROUND ABOUT
THEM,.... As there were many in the days of Joshua, the Scripture
speaks of: the Jews suppose that such are meant, even though they were...
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But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them
shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed,
and they shall go out in the jubile.
Ver. 31. _They may be rede...
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_A dwelling-house in a walled city_ Here the law makes a great
difference between houses in walled cities and houses in the country.
The former, if sold, were either to be redeemed within a year, or e...
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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...
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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...
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THEY MAY BE REDEEMED:
_ Heb._ redemption belongeth unto it...
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23-34 If the land were not redeemed before the year of jubilee, it
then returned to him that sold or mortgaged it. This was a figure of
the free grace of God in Christ; by which, and not by any price...
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THE HOUSES OF THE VILLAGES belonged to and were necessary or very
convenient for the management of the lands....
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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...
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Leviticus 25:31 houses H1004 villages H2691 wall H2346 around H5439
counted H2803 (H8735) fields H7704 country...
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DWELLING HOUSES IN WALLED CITIES ARE EXEMPT FROM YUBILE (LEVITICUS
25:29).
Leviticus 25:29
“And if a man sells a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may
redeem it within a whole year after it...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 49:7; Psalms 49:8...
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In the villages — Because they belonged to and were necessary for
the management of the lands....