“ And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: ”
This is the first mention of the Sabbatical year; the law for it is given at length in Leviticus 25:2 . Both the Sabbatical year and the weekly Sabbath are here spoken of exclusively in their rela...
Exodus 23:10-19 E. Calendar and Rules for Worship. This passage may originally have followed Exodus 23-26 in the Covenant Book. It has been expanded, Exodus 23:13 being a conclusion (perhaps...
fruits . Hebrew harvest.
10. And six years shalt thou sow. Another Sabbatical institution ( Sabbathismus) follows, viz., that of years, in reference to the cultivation of the land; for as men and cattle rested on e...
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
And six years— See Leviticus 25 for the particulars respecting the sabbatical year: see also Deuteronomy 31:10 ; Deuteronomy 31:30 . Note: 1. Every seventh year the land was neither plowed...
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: Six years thou shalt sow - intermitting the cultivation of the land every seventh year. But it appears that even...
The Book of the Covenant (concluded) 1-19. Miscellaneous Laws.
XXIII. (1-19) The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to the first clause of Exodus 23:...
Laws of Conduct and Worship Exodus 23:1-17 We may apply these various precepts to our own hearts. Many of them breathe the very spirit of Christ. We must watch our speech, so that no man's char...
The enactments now recorded have to do with the administration of justice. A study of them reveals that true justice is always merciful and yet makes sterner demand than any moral code of laws. The d...
These verses contain a precept, in which there is much signification. The seventh year, like the seventh day of the week, was sacred, and therefore was to be a sabbath of rest. And it had several ver...
And six years thou shall sow thy land , The land of Canaan, given to their ancestors and to them, and which they were now going to inherit; and when they came into it they were to plant it with vine...
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: Ver. 10. Thou shalt sow thy land. ] Here the wise man's counsel would be remembered, Laudato ingentia rura, exiguum...
The institution of the sabbatical year was designed, 1st, To show what a plentiful land that was into which God was bringing them, that so numerous a people could have rich maintenance out of the pro...
INSISTENCE ON HONESTY (vs.1-9) Consistently with the language of law, the question of honesty is looked at from a negative viewpoint, that is, emphasizing what one should not do. How easily one m...
10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and wh...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Expansion of the Ten Words of the Covenant ( Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33 ). In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly in chiastic form (see later), Yahweh expands on th...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 23:10-12 SABBATIC YEARS AND DAYS It has been said that a life according to nature is the highest good. Now, most certainly, a life conducted on the pri...
Exodus 23:1 . Put not thine hand with the wicked, do not conspire or agree with them. Exodus 23:3 . Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man. The meaning of this and the former verse is, ther...
The seventh year thou shalt let it rest. The Sabbatic year This law was intended-- 1. To show the fertility of the land of promise. Every seventh year, without skill or toil, the land would...
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT .— Continued . EXPOSITION Exodus 23:1-2 MISCELLANEOUS LAWS — continued . The same want of logical arrangement appears in this chapter as in the preced...
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof, whatever it yields under careful cultivation;
The institution of the sabbatical year was designed, To shew what a plentiful land that was, into which God was bringing them, that so numerous a people could have rich maintenance out of the produ...