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Verse 36. _TAKE THOU NO USURY OF HIM_] Usury, at present, signifies
unlawful interest for money. Properly, it means the _reward_ or
_compensation_ given for the use of a thing, but is principally spok...
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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. The jubilee and t...
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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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USURY (Hebrew. _nashak),_ is. charge on _money._
INCREASE (Hebrew. _tarbith_ or _marbith)_ is. charge on _goods._ See
notes on Leviticus 25:7 with Leviticus 26:4. These were the
definitions of the au...
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_Prohibition of usury in the case of a poor Israelite_(H with perhaps
a slight admixture of P)...
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TAKE THOU NO USURY OF HIM, &C.— This is explained by the next verse.
See Exodus 22:25. _That thy brother may live with thee,_ signifies
that he may _prosper_ and _thrive,_ &c. for, _to live,_ in the
S...
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TREATMENT OF THE POOR 25:35-55
TEXT 25:35-55
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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 BE WAXEN POOR, AND FALLEN IN DECAY WITH THEE; THEN
THOU SHALT RELIEVE HIM: YEA, THOUGH HE BE A STRANGER, OR A SOJOURNER;
THAT HE MAY LIVE WITH THEE._
If thy brother be waxen poor...
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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 m...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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TAKE THOU NO USURY OF HIM, OR INCREASE. — The first thing to be done
to the impoverished Israelite is to supply him with the means to
recover himself without any interest. The authorities during the
s...
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אַל ־תִּקַּ֤ח מֵֽ אִתֹּו֙ נֶ֣שֶׁךְ וְ
תַרְבִּ֔ית וְ יָרֵ֖אתָ מֵֽ אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ
וְ חֵ֥י אָחִ֖יךָ...
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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 sabb...
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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 sounde...
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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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TAKE THOU NO USURY OF HIM, OR INCREASE,.... Not only give him somewhat
for his present relief, but lend him money to put him in a way of
business, to get his living for the future, without requiring a...
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Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy
brother may live with thee.
Ver. 36. _Take thou no usury._] God dispenseth with no usury, but
condemns both _Neshec_ the biting, and...
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_Take no usury of him_ That is, of thy brother, whether he be
Israelite or proselyte. _Or increase_ All kinds of usury are in this
case forbidden, whether of money, or of victuals, or of any thing tha...
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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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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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35-38 Poverty and decay are great grievances, and very common; the
poor ye have always with you. Thou shalt relieve him; by sympathy,
pitying the poor; by service, doing for them; and by supply, givin...
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i.e. Of thy brother, whether he be Israelite or proselyte. INCREASE:
this some conceive relates to the fruits of the earth, food, &c., as
_usury_ doth to money. But here may rather seem to be two word...
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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 25:36 Take H3947 (H8799) usury H5392 interest H8636 fear
H3372 (H8804) God H430 brother H251 live H2416
usury - Exodus 22:25; Deuteronomy 23:19-20; Nehemiah 5:7-10; Psalms
15:5;...
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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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FEAR
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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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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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 25:35 Israelites are to show mercy to
one another because they have received mercy from God.
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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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Deuteronomy 23:19; Deuteronomy 23:20; Exodus 22:25; Ezekiel 18:13;
Ezekiel 18:17; Ezekiel 18:8; Ezekiel 22:12; Leviticus 25:17; Nehemiah
5:15;...
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Of him — That is, of thy brother, whether he be Israelite, or
proselyte. Or increase — All kinds of usury are in this case
forbidden, whether of money, or of victuals, or of any thing that is
commonly...