Bible Commentary

Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the surplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. 27. the overplus ] i.e. a proportion of the original price obtained, corresponding to the number of years which were still to intervene between the redemption … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:27”

And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; And if the man have none to redeem it,…. That is, none of kin that was able or willing to redeem it; otherwise no doubt there were persons in the land able to do it at any time, but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:26”

If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away [some] of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 25. be waxen poor ] The original verb is almost confined to this ch., the one exception being Lev 27:8 (‘be poorer’). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:25”

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 24 28. Law in respect to the redemption of land (H and P mixed) Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges i.e. A right of redemption in the time and manner following. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:24”

The land shall not be sold forever: for the land [is] mine; for ye [are] strangers and sojourners with me. 23. A resumption of the Jubile regulation (after the interruption of Lev 25:18-22) providing that the land was not to be alienated beyond the next Jubile. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges These … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:23”

And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat [yet] of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat [of] the old [store]. Of old fruit; of the sixth year principally, if not solely. Until her fruits, i.e. the fruits of the eighth year. Fuente: English Annotations on the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:22”

Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. i.e. Give my blessing. Commanding is oft used in Scripture either for the performance of promised blessings, as Deu 28:8 Psa 111:9; 133:3, or for the execution of threatened judgments, as Isa 5:6; Amo … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:21”

And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: Verse 20. What shall we eat the seventh year?] A very natural question, which could only be laid at rest by the sovereign promise in the next verse: I will COMMAND my BLESSING … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:20”

And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. And the land shall yield her fruit,…. That is, continually, and even in the seventh year, the sabbath of rest; for the land, though not manured, ploughed, and sowed, nor the vines, olives, and fig trees pruned, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:19”

Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 18 22. A hortatory addition, relating to the sabbatical year and interrupting the Jubile regulations. It is thus clearly out of place, and should properly follow Lev 25:7. Its tone is that of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:18”