Lev 25:1-7 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER XXV The law concerning the Sabbatical or seventh year repeated , 1-7. The law relative to the jubilee, or fiftieth year, and the hallowing of the fiftieth , 8-12. In the year of jubilee every one to return unto his possessions , 13. None to oppress another in buying and selling , 14. Purchases to be rated from jubilee to jubilee, according to the number of years unexpired , 15-17. Promises to obedience , 18,19. Promises relative to the Sabbatical year , 20-22. No inheritance must be finally alienated , 23, 24. No advantage to be taken of a man's poverty in buying his land , 25-28. Ordinances relative to the selling of a house in a walled city , 29, 30; in a village , 31. Houses of the Levites may be redeemed at any time , 32, 33. The fields of the Levites in the suburbs must not be sold , 34. No usury to be taken from a poor brother , 35-38. If an Israelite be sold to an Israelite, he must not be obliged to serve as a slave, 39, but be as a hired servant or as a sojourner, till the year of jubilee , 40, when he and his family shall have liberty to depart , 41; because God claims all Israelites as his servants, having redeemed them from bondage in Egypt , 42, 43. The Israelites are permitted to have bond-men and bond-women of the heathens, who, being bought with their money, shall be considered as their property , 44-46. If an Israelite, grown poor, be sold to a sojourner who has waxed rich, he may be redeemed by one of his relatives, an uncle or uncle's son, 47-49. In the interim between the jubilees, he may be redeemed; but if not redeemed, he shall go free in the jubilee , 50-54. Obedience enforced by God's right over them as his servants , 55. NOTES ON CHAP. XXV

‏ Leviticus 25:1-7

CHAPTER XXV

The law concerning the Sabbatical or seventh year repeated,

1-7.

The law relative to the jubilee, or fiftieth year, and the hallowing of the fiftieth, 8-12.

In the year of jubilee every one to return unto his possessions, 13.

None to oppress another in buying and selling, 14.

Purchases to be rated from jubilee to jubilee, according to the number of years unexpired, 15-17.

Promises to obedience, 18,19.

Promises relative to the Sabbatical year, 20-22.

No inheritance must be finally alienated, 23, 24.

No advantage to be taken of a man's poverty in buying his land,

25-28.

Ordinances relative to the selling of a house in a walled city,

29, 30;

in a village, 31.

Houses of the Levites may be redeemed at any time, 32, 33.

The fields of the Levites in the suburbs must not be sold, 34.

No usury to be taken from a poor brother, 35-38.

If an Israelite be sold to an Israelite, he must not be obliged to serve as a slave, 39,

but be as a hired servant or as a sojourner, till the year of jubilee, 40,

when he and his family shall have liberty to depart, 41;

because God claims all Israelites as his servants, having redeemed them from bondage in Egypt, 42, 43.

The Israelites are permitted to have bond-men and bond-women of the heathens, who, being bought with their money, shall be considered as their property, 44-46.

If an Israelite, grown poor, be sold to a sojourner who has waxed rich, he may be redeemed by one of his relatives, an

uncle or uncle's son, 47-49.

In the interim between the jubilees, he may be redeemed; but if not redeemed, he shall go free in the jubilee, 50-54.

Obedience enforced by God's right over them as his servants,

55.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXV

Verse 2. The land keep a Sabbath] See this ordinance explained, See Clarke on Ex 23:11. It may be asked here: if it required all the annual produce of the field to support the inhabitants, how could the people be nourished the seventh year, when no produce was received from the fields? To this it may be answered, that God sent his blessing in an especial manner on the sixth year, (see Le 25:21, 22,) and it brought forth fruit for three years. How astonishing and convincing was this miracle! Could there possibly be any deception here? NO! The miracle speaks for itself, proves the Divine authenticity of the law, and takes every prop and stay from the system that wishes to convict the Mosaic ordinances of imposture. See Ex 23:11. It is evident from this that the Mosaic law must have had a Divine origin, as no man in his senses, without God's authority, could have made such an ordinance as this; for the sixth year, from its promulgation, would have amply refuted his pretensions to a Divine mission.