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See Deuteronomy 24:19. “Grape” signifies fallen fruit of any kind;
and “vineyard” a fruit garden of any kind. Compare Deuteronomy
23:24.
THE POOR - is the poor Israelite - “the stranger” is properly t...
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2. DIFFERENT DUTIES
CHAPTER 19
_ 1. Honoring parents and fearing God (Leviticus 19:1)_
2. The care of the poor (Leviticus 19:9)
3. Against stealing and lying (Leviticus 19:11)
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HUMANITY AND UPRIGHTNESS. Gleaning is to be encouraged, both in field
and vineyard. It may well be that the corners of the field were
originally left so as to avoid driving out the vegetation spirit....
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Cp. Leviticus 23:22. The law of gleaning: a portion of the produce of
the soil is to be left for the poor. A similar law is found in
Deuteronomy 24:19-21. The word translated - _the fallen fruit_"
(-e...
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THE SECOND TABLE OF THE LAW 19:9-18
TEXT 19:9-18
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And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap
the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of
thy harve...
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_AND WHEN YE REAP THE HARVEST OF YOUR LAND, THOU SHALT NOT WHOLLY REAP
THE CORNERS OF THY FIELD, NEITHER SHALT THOU GATHER THE GLEANINGS OF
THY HARVEST._
When ye reap the harvest of your land. The ri...
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VARIOUS LAWS, MAINLY OF A MORAL AND HUMANE CHARACTER
This chapter was very naturally regarded by Jewish authorities as an
embodiment of the Decalogue. It will be observed that in general the
precepts...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
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AND THOU SHALT NOT GLEAN THY VINEYARD. — In gathering in the vine
care is to be taken only to cut off’ the large clusters, but not the
_infantas,_ as the expression literally denotes, which is here
re...
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THE LAW OF HOLINESS (CONCLUDED)
Leviticus 19:1
WE have in this chapter a series of precepts and prohibitions which
from internal evidence appear to have been selected by an inspired
redactor of the c...
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The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the
repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis,
namely, the fact that the God of this people is Jehovah. There was,
first,...
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_Strangers. Septuagint and Syriac, "proselytes," who might dwell in
the country. As the soil did not belong to them, great compassion was
requisite: otherwise they must have perished, or become slaves...
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These are gracious precepts, teaching and implying the LORD'S love to
acts of mercy. Reader! is there not also somewhat spiritual in them?
While we have JESUS for our substance, the poorest of his peo...
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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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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 AND 20.
Chapter s 19, 20, carry us somewhat farther. They were to be holy, for
Jehovah was holy. Chapter 19 takes up rather the side of good, though
keepin...
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AND THOU SHALT NOT GLEAN THY VINEYARD,.... Or cut off the little
clusters which are, as Aben Ezra observes, like an infant, as the word
signifies, infant clusters, which were small in comparison of th...
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And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather
[every] grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and
stranger: I [am] the LORD your God.
Ver. 10. _I am the Lord._] T...
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_Thou shalt not gather the gleanings of thy harvest_ They were not to
be exact in carrying all off, but were to leave some part to be
gleaned and reaped by their poor neighbours, whether Israelites or...
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1 A repetition of sundry Lawes.
1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and say
vnto them, [NOTE: Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7; 1 Pet...
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MANY LAWS GROUPED TOGETHER (VV. 1-37)
We have seen at the beginning and end of chapter 18 God's
announcement, “I am the Lord your God.” In chapter 19 the
expression “I am the Lord” occurs 15 times. Bu...
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Who gave you all these things with a reservation of my authority over
you, and right in them, and with a charge of giving part of them to
the poor....
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Leviticus 19:10 glean H5953 (H8779) vineyard H3754 gather H3950
(H8762) grape H6528 vineyard H3754 leave H5800
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VARIOUS HOLINESS REQUIREMENTS (LEVITICUS 19:3).
Rightness Of Attitude Towards God and Generosity Towards One's
Neighbours (Leviticus 19:3).
Leviticus 19:3
“You (p) shall fear every man his mother,...
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CONTENTS: Further laws concerning proper relationships.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: God's people being distinguished from all other people by
a peculiar relationship with Him through Christ,...
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The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new
force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be
better understood. Most of these having already been explained,...
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_Thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field._
A SERMON TO GLEANERS
The subject of gleaning in the fields may appear to some to be a very
lowly one, and an address delivered exclusively to th...
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:1__ The Lord strongly commands the
people (including the priests) to become holy in their practice, as he
is holy (v. Leviticus 19:2). They do this by observi
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:9 Caring for one’s neighbor and
helping provide for the POOR and the SOJOURNER displays holiness. On
the other hand, harvesting RIGHT UP TO the...
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Practical Piety: Religion in all Relationships
SUGGESTIVE READINGS
Leviticus 19:2.—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and say: Nowhere else in the whole of Leviticus does this...
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EXPOSITION
From the prohibition of moral uncleanness exhibiting itself in the
form of incest and licentiousness, the legislator proceeds to a series
of laws and commandments against other kinds of imm...
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Now God continues in this same vein, as He moves into chapter
nineteen.
Speak unto all of the congregation of the children of Israel, and say
unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am ho...
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Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13; Jeremiah 49:9; Judges 8:2; Leviticus 25:6;...
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I am the Lord your God — Who gave you all these things with a
reservation of my right in them, and with a charge of giving part of
them to the poor....