Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:16
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for [according] to the number [of the years] of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
Or, for the number of the fruits. The meaning is, he selleth not the land, but only the fruits thereof, and that for a certain time.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof,…. More was to be asked and required, and should be given for an estate, when, for instance, there were thirty years to the year of jubilee, than when there were but twenty;
and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it; if it wanted but five, or six, or ten years unto it, then, in proportion, less was to be insisted upon and given:
for [according] to the number [of the years] of the fruits doth he sell unto thee; which also must be considered, how many years of tillage of land, and cultivation of vineyards, c. there were in the account, and how many sabbatical years to be deducted for only according to the number of fruit years was the estate to be valued and sold.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) According to the multitude of years . . . and according to.Better, in proportion to the multitude of years . . . and in proportion to, as the words in the original here are not the same which are used in Lev. 25:15 and at the end of this verse, which are translated according in the Authorised Version. Having laid down in the preceding verse the principles of equitable dealings both for the purchaser and vendor, the Lawgiver, in his anxiety lest the distressed seller should be taken advantage of, reverts again to the purchaser, who is enjoined strictly to regulate the purchase price in proportion to the number of years the lease of the field has still to run.
For according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell.Better, for a number of crops he selleth, that is, the vendor does not sell the land but a certain number of harvests till the next jubile.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Lev 27:18 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 25:16-17. The number of the years of fruits The meaning is, he selleth not the land, but only the fruits thereof, and that but for a certain time. Ye shall not oppress one another By seeking to turn each other out of the perpetual possession of his lands, as Ahab did Naboth; but thou shalt fear thy God The best proof men can give of fearing God is to abstain from evil, and to comply with his will.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
25:16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for [according] to the number [of the years] of the {k} fruits doth he sell unto thee.
(k) And not the full possession of the land.