Leviticus 25:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. ”

Leviticus 25:31 - 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...
Leviticus 25:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.
Leviticus 25:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If a man sell a dwelling-house, &c.— Great difference is here made between houses in walled cities, and in the country: the former, if sold, were either to be redeemed within the compass of...
Leviticus 25:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. If a man sell a dwelling house. All sales...
Leviticus 25:31 - 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...
Leviticus 25:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But the houses of the villages which have no wall. — Houses in villages, however, form an exception. They are part of the landed property, and hence, like the cultivated land on which they are erec...
Leviticus 25:31 - 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...
Leviticus 25:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Consideration for the Poor Leviticus 25:18-34 It was good for the land to lie fallow for one year in seven; and it was a wise provision that it should not be sold in perpetuity. This enactment...
Leviticus 25:31 - 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...
Leviticus 25:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these precepts refer to one and the same thing. But their spiritual import is peculiarly striking. A brother so poor as not to be able to redeem his right, is a lively type of our poor nature. An...
Leviticus 25:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the houses of the villages, which have no walls round about them ,.... As there were many in the days of Joshua, the Scripture speaks of: the Jews suppose that such are meant, even though they w...
Leviticus 25:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. Ver. 31. They may be re...
Leviticus 25:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A dwelling-house in a walled city Here the law makes a great difference between houses in walled cities and houses in the country. The former, if sold, were either to be redeemed within a year, or...
Leviticus 25:31 - 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...
Leviticus 25:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the...
Leviticus 25:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The houses of the villages belonged to and were necessary or very convenient for the management of the lands.
Leviticus 25:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Dwelling Houses In Walled Cities Are Exempt From Yubile ( Leviticus 25:29-31 ). Leviticus 25:29 “And if a man sells a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year...
Leviticus 25:31 - 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...
Leviticus 25:31 - 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...
Leviticus 25:31 - 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...
Leviticus 25:31 - 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...
Leviticus 25:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Consideration for the Poor and for Slaves.
Leviticus 25:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 49:7 ; Psalms 49:8
Leviticus 25:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In the villages — Because they belonged to and were necessary for the management of the lands.

Leviticus 25:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 25:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 25:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 25:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 25:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 25:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 25:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 25:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 25:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 25:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 25:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 25:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 25:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 25:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 25:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 25:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 25:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes