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Leviticus Chapter 25
Overview
Lev 25:1, The sabbath of the seventh year; Lev 25:8, The jubilee in the fiftieth year; Lev 25:14, Of oppression; Lev 25:18, A blessing of obedience; Lev 25:23, The redemption of land; Lev 25:29, Of houses; Lev 25:35, Compassion to the poor; Lev 25:39, The usage of bondmen; Lev 25:47, The redemption of servants.
Exo 19:1; Num 1:1, Num 10:11, Num 10:12; Gal 4:24, Gal 4:25
When ye: Lev 14:34; Deu 32:8, Deu 32:49, Deu 34:4; Psa 24:1, Psa 24:2, Psa 115:16; Isa 8:8; Jer 27:5
keep: Heb. rest, Lev 23:32 *marg.
a sabbath: Lev 26:34, Lev 26:35; Exo 23:10; Ch2 36:21
Lev 25:20-23, Lev 26:34, Lev 26:35, Lev 26:43; Exo 23:10, Exo 23:11; Ch2 36:21
thy vine undressed: Heb. the separation
Exo 23:11; Act 2:44, Act 4:32, Act 4:34, Act 4:35
jubilee: Lev 25:10-12, Lev 27:17, Lev 27:24; Num 36:4
of the jubilee to sound: Heb. loud of sound, Num 10:10; Psa 89:15; Act 13:38, Act 13:39; Rom 10:18, Rom 15:19; Co2 5:19-21; Th1 1:8
the day: Lev 16:20, Lev 16:30, Lev 23:24, Lev 23:27
proclaim: Exo 20:2; Ezr 1:3; Psa 146:7; Isa 49:9, Isa 49:24, Isa 49:25, Isa 61:1-3, Isa 63:4; Jer 34:8, Jer 34:13-17; Zac 9:11, Zac 9:12; Luk 1:74, Luk 4:16-21; Joh 8:32-36; Rom 6:17, Rom 6:18; Co2 3:17; Gal 4:25-31, Gal 5:1, Gal 5:13; Pe1 2:16; Pe2 2:19, Pe2 2:20
every man: Lev 25:13, Lev 25:26-28, Lev 25:33, Lev 25:34, Lev 27:17-24
ye shall return: Num 36:2-9
A jubilee: Respecting the literal meaning of the word יובל, yobel, or yovel, critics are not agreed. The most natural derivation of the word seems to be from הוביל, hovil, the Hiphil form of יבל, yaval, to recall, restore, or bring back, because this year restored all slaves to their liberty, and brought back all alienated estates to their primitive owners. Accordingly the LXX render it here αφεσις, a "remission"; and Josephus says it signifies ελευθεριαν, liberty. Lev 27:17
ye shall: Lev 25:5-7
Lev 25:10, Lev 27:17-24; Num 36:4
Lev 25:17, Lev 19:13; Deu 16:19, Deu 16:20; Jdg 4:3; Sa1 12:3, Sa1 12:4; Ch2 16:10; Neh 9:36, Neh 9:37; Job 20:19, Job 20:20; Psa 10:18; Pro 14:31, Pro 21:13, Pro 22:16, Pro 28:3, Pro 28:8, Pro 28:16; Ecc 5:8; Isa 1:17, Isa 3:12-15, Isa 5:7, Isa 33:15, Isa 58:6; Jer 22:17; Eze 22:7, Eze 22:12, Eze 22:13; Amo 5:11, Amo 5:12, Amo 8:4-7; Mic 2:2, Mic 2:3, Mic 6:10-12, Mic 7:3; Luk 3:14; Co1 6:8; Jam 5:1-5
shall not: Lev 25:14
fear: Lev 25:43, Lev 19:14, Lev 19:32; Gen 20:11, Gen 22:12, Gen 39:9, Gen 42:18; Exo 20:20; Deu 25:18; Sa1 12:24; Ch2 19:7; Neh 5:9, Neh 5:15; Psa 19:9; Pro 1:7; Jer 22:16; Mal 3:5; Luk 12:5; Act 9:31, Act 10:2, Act 10:35; Rom 3:18, Rom 11:20
Wherefore: Lev 19:37; Psa 103:18
and ye: Lev 26:3-12; Deu 12:10, Deu 28:1-14, Deu 33:12, Deu 33:28; Psa 4:8; Pro 1:33; Jer 7:3-7; Jer 23:6, Jer 25:5, Jer 33:16; Eze 33:24-26, Eze 33:29, Eze 34:25-28, Eze 36:24-28
Lev 26:5; Psa 67:6, Psa 85:12; Isa 30:23, Isa 65:21, Isa 65:22; Eze 34:25-28, Eze 36:30; Joe 2:24, Joe 2:26
Num 11:4, Num 11:13; Kg2 6:15-17, Kg2 7:2; Ch2 25:9; Psa 78:19, Psa 78:20; Isa 1:2; Mat 6:25-34, Mat 8:26; Luk 12:29; Phi 4:6; Heb 13:5, Heb 13:6
I will: As it is here graciously promised, that the sixth year was to bring forth fruits for three years, not merely for two, it is evident that both the sabbatical year and the year of jubilee were distinctly provided for. They were not to sow from the sixth to the eighth year, omitting two seed times; nor reap from the sixth to the ninth, omitting two harvests. No legislator, unless conscious of being divinely commissioned, would have committed himself by enacting such a law as this; nor would any people have submitted to receive it, except in consequence of the fullest conviction that a divine authority had dictated it. It therefore stands as a proof that Moses acted by the express direction of the Almighty, and that the people were fully persuaded of the reality of his divine mission by the miracles he wrought. Gen 26:12, Gen 41:47; Exo 16:29; Deu 28:3, Deu 28:8; Psa 133:3; Pro 10:22; Co2 9:10
three years: Lev 25:4, Lev 25:8-11
The land: Lev 25:10; Kg1 21:3; Eze 48:14
for ever: or, to be quite cut off, Heb. for cutting off, for the land. Deu 32:43; Ch2 7:20; Psa 24:1, Psa 85:1; Isa 8:8; Hos 9:3; Joe 2:18, Joe 3:2
for ye are: Gen 47:9; Ch1 29:15; Psa 39:12, Psa 119:19; Heb 11:9-13; Pe1 2:11
redemption: Lev 25:27, Lev 25:31, Lev 25:51-53; Rom 8:23; Co1 1:30; Eph 1:7, Eph 1:14, Eph 4:30
Rut 2:20, Rut 3:2, Rut 3:9, Rut 3:12, Rut 4:4-6; Jer 32:7, Jer 32:8; Co2 8:9; Heb 2:13, Heb 2:14; Rev 5:9
himself be able to redeem it: Heb. his hand hath attained, and found sufficiency, Lev 5:7 *marg.
and in the: Lev 25:13
he shall: Isa 35:9, Isa 35:10; Jer 32:15; Co1 15:52-54; Th1 4:13-18; Pe1 1:4, Pe1 1:5
A very proper difference is here made between houses in a city and houses in the country. The former might be redeemed any time in the course of a year; but after that time could not be redeemed, or go out with the Jubilee. the latter might be redeemed at any time; and if not redeemed must go out with the jubilee. The reason in both cases is sufficiently evident; the house in the city might be built merely for the purposes of trade or traffic - the house in the country was builded on, or attached to, the inheritance which God had divided to the respective families. It was therefore necessary that the same law should apply to the house as to the inheritance; which necessity did not exist with regard to the house in the city. And, as the house in the city might be purchased for the purpose of trade, it would be very inconvenient for the purchaser, when his business was established, to be obliged to remove.
they may be redeemed: Heb. redemption belongeth unto it, Psa 49:7, Psa 49:8
the cities: As the Levites had no inheritance in Israel, but only cities to dwell in; and consequently the houses in these cities were all they could call their own, therefore they could not be ultimately alienated. Num 35:2-8; Josh. 21:1-45
a man purchase of the Levites: or, one of the Levites redeem them
shall go: Lev 25:28
for the houses: Num 18:20-24; Deu 18:1, Deu 18:2
thy brother: Lev 25:25; Deu 15:7, Deu 15:8; Pro 14:20, Pro 14:21, Pro 17:5, Pro 19:17; Mar 14:7; Joh 12:8; Co2 8:9; Jam 2:5, Jam 2:6
fallen in decay: Heb. his hand faileth
then: Psa 37:26, Psa 41:1, Psa 112:5, Psa 112:9; Pro 14:31; Luk 6:35; Act 11:29; Rom 12:13, Rom 12:18, Rom 12:20; Co2 9:1, Co2 9:12-15; Gal 2:10; Jo1 3:17
relieve: Heb. strengthen
a stranger: Lev 19:34; Exo 23:9; Deu 10:18, Deu 10:19; Mat 25:35; Heb 13:2
usury: Exo 22:25; Deu 23:19, Deu 23:20; Neh 5:7-10; Psa 15:5; Pro 28:8; Eze 18:8, Eze 18:13, Eze 18:17; Eze 22:12
fear: Lev 25:17; Neh 5:9, Neh 5:15
which: Exo 20:2
and to be: Lev 11:45, Lev 22:32, Lev 22:33; Num 15:41; Jer 31:1, Jer 31:33, Jer 32:38; Heb 11:16
be sold: Exo 21:2, Exo 22:3; Deu 15:12; Kg1 9:22; Kg2 4:1; Neh 5:5; Jer 34:14
compel him to serve as: Heb. serve thyself with him with the service of, etc. Lev 25:46 *marg. Exo 1:14; Jer 25:14, Jer 27:7, Jer 30:8
then shall: Exo 21:3; Joh 8:32; Rom 6:14; Tit 2:14
shall return: Lev 25:10, Lev 25:28
my servants: Lev 25:55; Rom 6:22; Co1 7:21-23
as bondmen: Heb. with the sale of a bondman
rule: Lev 25:46, Lev 25:53; Exo 1:13, Exo 1:14, Exo 2:23, Exo 3:7, Exo 3:9, Exo 5:14; Isa 47:6, Isa 58:3; Eph 6:9; Col 4:1
but shalt: Lev 25:17; Exo 1:17, Exo 1:21; Deu 25:18; Mal 3:5
Exo 12:44; Psa 2:8, Psa 2:9; Isa 14:1, Isa 14:2; Rev 2:26, Rev 2:27
And ye shall: Isa 14:2
they shall be your bondmen for ever: Heb. ye shall serve yourselves with them, Lev 25:39
ye shall not rule: Lev 25:43
sojourner or stranger wax rich: Heb. the hand of a stranger, etc. obtain, etc. Lev 25:26; Sa1 2:7, Sa1 2:8; Jam 2:5
Lev 25:25, Lev 25:35; Neh 5:5, Neh 5:8; Gal 4:4, Gal 4:5; Heb 2:11-13
or if he be: Lev 25:26
reckon: Lev 25:27
price of his sale: This was a very equitable law, both to the sojourner to whom the man was sold, and to the Israelite who had been sold. The Israelite might redeem himself, or one of his kindred might redeem him; but this must not be done to the prejudice of his master. They were therefore to reckon the years he must have served, from that time till the jubilee; and then taking the current wages of a servant, per year, at that time, multiply the remaining years by that sum, and the aggregate was to be given to his master for his redemption. The Jews hold that the kindred of such a person were bound, if in their power, to redeem him, lest he should be swallowed up among the heathen; and we find (Neh 5:8) that this was done by the Jews on their return from the Babylonish captivity.
according to the time: Lev 25:40, Lev 25:53; Deu 15:18; Job 7:1, Job 7:2, Job 14:6; Isa 16:14, Isa 21:16
jubilee: The jubilee was a wonderful institution, and of great service to the religion, freedom, and independence of the Hebrews. It was calculated to prevent the rich from oppressing the poor, and reducing them to perpetual slavery; and to hinder their obtaining possession of all the lands by purchase, mortgage, or usurpation. It was further intended, that debts should not be multiplied too much, lest the poor should be entirely ruined; that slaves should not always continue in servitude; that personal liberty, equality of property, and the regular order of families might, as much as possible, be preserved; and that the people might thus be strongly attached to their country, lands, and inheritances.
in these years: or, by these means
then: Lev 25:40, Lev 25:41; Exo 21:2, Exo 21:3; Isa 49:9, Isa 49:25, Isa 52:3
my servants: Lev 25:42; Exo 13:3, Exo 20:2; Psa 116:16; Isa 43:3; Luk 1:74, Luk 1:75; Rom 6:14, Rom 6:17, Rom 6:18; Rom 6:22; Co1 7:22, Co1 7:23, Co1 9:19, Co1 9:21; Gal 5:13