Leviticus 25:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God. ”

• Leviticus 25:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Year of Jubile. This law contains two large provisions, the return of estates to their original owners, and the liberation of Hebrew slaves, both in the fiftieth year. It also contains a sectio...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  But thou shalt fear thy God— See Proverbs 16:6 .

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God. Ye shall not ... oppress one another. This, which is the same as Leviticus 25:14 , relate...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Sabbatical Year. The Year of Jubilee The matters treated in this chapter are closely related to those in Leviticus 23 , and their separation is another indication that we are dealing with a b...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Ye shall not therefore oppress one another. — Better, And ye shall not overreach any man his neighbour. (See Leviticus 25:14 .) But thou shalt fear thy God — who pleads the cause of the oppre...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE SABBATIC YEAR AND THE JUBILEE Leviticus 25:1-55 THE system of annually recurring sabbatic times, as given in chapter 23, culminated in the sabbatic seventh month. But this remarkable system...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee Leviticus 25:1-17 As the weekly Sabbath was to give septennial rest for man and beast, so the sabbatical year, returning after six years of unbroken harvests...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The last section of the Book of Leviticus is occupied with setting forth laws concerning the outward signs in the land of the proof of possession, together with certain promises and warnings, all end...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The return of every man to his own possession and to his own family, beside the mercy of the thing itself; certainly, had this very important point in view; namely, to preserve in proper distinction...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Ye shall not therefore oppress one another ,.... By over or underrating estates: but thou shalt fear thy God ; and the fear of God being before their eyes, and on their hearts, would preserve both...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 17. But thou shalt fear thy God. ] And so depart from this evil also. Gen 42:18 Joseph s...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The number of the years of fruits The meaning is, he selleth not the land, but only the fruits thereof, and that but for a certain time. Ye shall not oppress one another By seeking to turn each o...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE SEVENTH YEAR SABBATH (vv. 1-7) Here was a wonderful provision for Israel every seven years. When they came into their land, they were to plant their land for six years and reap its fruits. But...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Institution of the Jubilee; the Year of the Jubilee. B. C. 1490.       8 And thou shalt numb...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Year of Yubile. The Year of Grand Release ( Leviticus 25:8-55 ). The year of grand release might well never have been put fully into practise throughout the whole of Israel, as it required ful...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  The Fear of Jubilee SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 25:1-7 .—Then shall the land keep a Sabbath unto the Lord. For a whole year the land ceased to be the property of the owner; he might not till t...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

  fear ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Leviticus 25:1-2 . And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Leviticus 25:4 . The seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest. While the Hebrews continued faithful under the Theocracy of heaven, they were the happiest people in the world. A sabbatical year was...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  A Sabbath of rest unto the land. The sabbatic year and jubilee 1. I do not suppose that these sabbatic regulations referred severally to separate and distinct things. The seventh day, the seven...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION The subject of the sacred seasons is taken up again in this chapter, after the parenthetical insertion of Leviticus 24:1-3 . There remain the septennial festive season and that of th...

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• Leviticus 25:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Year of Jubilee

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• Leviticus 25:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 12:24 ; 2 Chronicles 19:7 ; Acts 10:2 ; Acts 10:35 ; Acts 9:31 ; Deuteronomy 25:18 ; Exodus 20:20 ; Genesis 20:11 ; Genesis 22:12 ; Genesis 39:9 ; Genesis 42:18 ; Jeremiah 22:16...

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