Bible Commentary

Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I [am] the LORD your God. 17. Summary, together with the guiding motive characteristic of H. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 17. Ye shall not oppress oneanother, but thou shalt fear thy GodThis, which is the same asLe … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:17”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:16”

According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, [and] according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: 15, 16. The purchase is in fact not of the soil, but of the expectation of a greater or less number of years’ fruits. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:15”

And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buyest [aught] of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 14. thou ye ] The variation in person indicates the combination of two sources. thy neighbour ] An unusual Heb. word (‘ mth), occurring in the H section eleven times, 5:21 ( bis), Lev … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:14”

In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. 13. See introd. note. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 13. ye shall return every man untohis possession, &c.Inheritances, from whatever cause, andhow frequently soever they had been alienated, came back into thehands of the original proprietors. This law … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:13”

For it [is] the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. It shall be holy unto you: so it was, because it was sequestered in great part from worldly employments, and dedicated to God, and to the exercise of holy joy and thankfulness; and because … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:12”

A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather [the grapes] in it of thy vine undressed. Verse 11. A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be] The literal meaning of the word jubilee, yobel in Hebrew, and yobil in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:11”

And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 10. a jubile ] lit. ‘a ram’s horn’ (blowing). Doubtless the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:10”

Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth [day] of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 9. The year of Jubile began on the tenth of the seventh month and was proclaimed by the sound of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:9”

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 8 17. The 50th year or year of Jubile. In each such year landed property shall revert to its original owner, and the price … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:8”