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Leviticus 25:4

but in the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of rest unto the land, a Sabbath for the Lord; thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. The earth was to be saved from the hand of man, lest its strength be exhausted for earthly purposes, and man was to be saved from the uninterrupted drudgery which tended to chain his thoughts to the soil and to the bitter labor in the sweat of his brow which was connected therewith.

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See also Leviticus 25:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A SABBATH OF REST - See Leviticus 23:3 note. The express prohibition of sowing and reaping, and of pruning and gathering, affords a presumption in favor of the sabbatical year beginning, like the year...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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.

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LEVITICUS 25. THE YEAR OF SABBATH AND OF JUBILE. Leviticus 25:1. The Year of Sabbath (H). This is an ancient Hebrew institution (p. 102), _cf._ Exodus 23:10 *, where the law of a fallow every seventh...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SABBATH OF REST. See note on Exodus 16:23....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The rest year was a transference to the _land_of the sabbatical idea emphasized each week for _living creatures_, the year being now taken as the unit instead of the day. See App. I, pp. 172 f. for th...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    A SABBATH FOR THE LORD— As the weekly sabbath was a testimony of their belief in and homage to God the Creator, so the yearly sabbath was a public testimony that their land was consecrated to the same...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. SABBATICAL AND JUBILEE YEARS 25:1-55 a. THE SABBATICAL YEAR 25:1-7 TEXT 25:1-7 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whe...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ When ye come into the land which I give you. It...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE SEVENTH YEAR SHALL BE A SABBATH OF REST. — Literally, _the seventh year shall be a rest of solemn resting,_ or _a sabbath of sabbaths._ For the import of this phrase see Note on Leviticus 16:31. L...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ בַ † שָּׁנָ֣ה הַ שְּׁבִיעִ֗ת שַׁבַּ֤ת...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE SABBATICAL YEAR AND THE JUBILEE Leviticus 25:1 As the weekly Sabbath was to give septennial rest for man and beast, so the sabbatical year, returning after six years of unbroken harvests was to b...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    GOD here asserted his right and property, as the LORD of the whole earth: not unsimilar to the proprietors of earthly manors, who allow such and such seasons for breaking up the ground. But there is a...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT IN THE SEVENTH YEAR SHALL BE A SABBATH OF REST UNTO THE LAND,.... From all tillage of it, from planting and cultivating any sort of trees in it; and even from digging pits, ditches; and caves, as...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. Ver. 4. _A Sabbath of rest unto the land._] This an...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A sabbath of rest to the land_ They were neither to do any work about it, nor expect any harvest from it. All yearly labours were to be intermitted in the seventh year, as much as daily labours on th...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour on the seventh day. These statues tell us to beware of covetousness, for a man's life consists not in the abundance of his pos...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 25:4 seventh H7637 year H8141 sabbath H7676 rest H7677 land H776 sabbath H7676 LORD H3068 sow H2232 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SABBATICAL YEAR (LEVITICUS 25:1). Leviticus 25:1 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying,' Again we have stressed that here we have God's word to Moses. Leviticus 25:2 “Speak to

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 25:1 The practice of allowing no organized farming in the SEVENTH YEAR clearly benefits the soil. It also recognizes that all produce belongs to God and that he gives it fr...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 36:21; Exodus 23:10; Exodus 23:11; Leviticus 25:20;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A sabbath of rest to the land — They were neither to do any work about it, nor expect any harvest from it. All yearly labours were to be intermitted in the seventh year, as much as daily labours on th...

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