"And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour."
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Property in foreign slaves is here distinctly permitted. It was a
patriarchal custom Genesis 17:12. Such slaves might be captives taken
in war (Numbers 31:6 following; Deuteronomy 20:14), or those con...
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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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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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_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 m...
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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 YE SHALL TAKE THEM AS AN INHERITANCE FOR YOUR CHILDREN. — That
is, they may appropriate them to themselves, as their personal
property, which is transmissible as inheritance to posterity with the...
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וְ הִתְנַחֲלְתֶּ֨ם אֹתָ֜ם לִ
בְנֵיכֶ֤ם אַחֲרֵיכֶם֙ לָ רֶ֣שֶׁת
אֲחֻזָּ֔ה לְ עֹלָ֖ם בָּהֶ֣ם
תַּעֲבֹ֑דוּ וּ...
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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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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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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 YE SHALL TAKE THEM AS AN INHERITANCE FOR YOUR CHILDREN AFTER
YOU,.... Which they might leave them at their death to inherit, as
they did their estates and lands; for such servants are, with the Je...
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And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you,
to inherit [them for] a possession; they shall be your bondmen for
ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall n...
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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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THEY SHALL BE YOUR BONDMEN:
_ Heb._ ye shall serve yourselves with them...
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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 were...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 25:46 inheritance H5157 (H8694) children H1121 after H310
inherit H3423 (H8800) possession H272 permanent H5769 slaves H5647
(H8799) brethren H251 children H1121 Israel H3478 rule H7287 (H87...
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REGULATIONS REGARDING FOREIGN BONDSERVANTS (LEVITICUS 25:44).
Foreign bondservants were necessarily in a different position for they
had no hope of a future restoration of land. It may be asked why
f...
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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 25:39 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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Isaiah 14:2; Leviticus 25:39; Leviticus 25:43...