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The law here appears harmoniously to supplement the earlier one in
Exodus 21:1. It was another check applied periodically to the tyranny
of the rich. Compare Jeremiah 34:8....
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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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An extension of Exodus 21:2 *, Deuteronomy 15:12 *, from the master's
point of view, substituting for slavery proper a mild kind of serfdom,
but for the seventh year the fiftieth. To foreign slaves, h...
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SOLD, as in 2 Kings 4:1....
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_Prohibition of permanent servitude of one Israelite to another_(H and
P mixed, the former probably preponderating)
This case was to be subject to the operation of the law of Jubile,
Moreover, the Is...
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TREATMENT OF THE POOR 25:35-55
TEXT 25:35-55
35
And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then
thou shalt uphold him: _as_ a stranger and a sojourner shall he live
with thee.
3...
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_AND IF THY BROTHER THAT DWELLETH BY THEE BE WAXEN POOR, AND BE SOLD
UNTO THEE; THOU SHALT NOT COMPEL HIM TO SERVE AS A BONDSERVANT:_
If thy brother ... be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee, х_
'AACH...
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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_
This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking.
Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
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AND IF THY BROTHER THAT DWELLETH BY THEE BE WAXEN POOR. — Better,
_And if thy brother be waxen poor by thee,_ that is, after supporting
his tottering hand, as prescribed in Leviticus 25:35, and making...
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וְ כִֽי ־יָמ֥וּךְ אָחִ֛יךָ עִמָּ֖ךְ
וְ נִמְכּ
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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 SLAVERY
Leviticus 25:39
"And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto
thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant: as a hired
servant, and as a sojour...
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FREEDOM IN THE YEAR OF JUBILEE
Leviticus 25:35
If a man, through misfortune, were forced to sell himself into serfdom
to meet his debts, he could not be legally retained after the trumpet
had sounded...
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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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The doctrine of free grace, and of full redemption by JESUS, became so
important to be shadowed forth, and kept in view through the whole of
the law, that the HOLY GHOST was pleased to repeat the same...
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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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39._And if thy brother_. He now proceeds further, _i e_. , that one
who has bought his brother should treat him with humanity, and not
otherwise than a hired servant. We have seen, indeed, just above,...
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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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AND IF THY BROTHER [THAT DWELLETH] BY THEE BE WAXEN POOR,.... The
above laws and instructions seem designed to prevent such extreme
poverty as obliged to what follows, namely, a brother being sold
eit...
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And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold
unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
Ver. 39. _Thou shalt not compel him._] To serve for ever, nor use...
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To _serve as a bond-servant_ Neither for the time, for ever, nor for
the manner, with the hardest and vilest kinds of service, rigorously
and severely exacted....
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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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Consideration for the Poor and for Slaves....
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And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor and be sold
unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond-servant, not
treat him as a slave nor have him perform the labor of a slave,...
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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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COMPEL HIM TO SERVE AS A BONDSERVANT:
_ Heb._ serve thyself with him with the service, etc....
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39-55 A native Israelite, if sold for debt, or for a crime, was to
serve but six years, and to go out the seventh. If he sold himself,
through poverty, both his work and his usage must be such as wer...
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Neither for the time, for ever, nor for the manner, with the hardest
and vilest kinds of service, rigorously and severely exacted from him....
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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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WHAT THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL'S ATTITUDE MUST BE TOWARDS THEIR BROTHERS
(LEVITICUS 25:35).
“Brothers” here means fellow-Israelites who got into financial
difficulties, who were to be treated with especi...
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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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_If thy brother. .. be sold unto thee._
SLAVERY
I. Texts relating to slaves.
1. Called bondmen (Genesis 43:18; Genesis 44:9).
2. By birth (Genesis 14:14;...
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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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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 25:39 A poor Israelite may have sold
himself to a fellow Israelite. His right to return to his house at the
JUBILEE means he has sold just his labor, and not his status as...
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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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1 Kings 9:22; 2 Kings 4:1; Deuteronomy 15:12; Exodus 1:14; Exodus
21:2;
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As a bond — man — Neither for the time, for ever, nor for the
manner, with the hardest and vilest kinds of service, rigorously and
severely exacted....