Leviticus 25:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. ”

Leviticus 25:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But the field of the (q) suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it [is] their perpetual possession. (q) Where the Levites kept their cattle.
Leviticus 25:34 - 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 25:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

their. Some codices, with Targum of Onkelos, have "your".
Leviticus 25:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
Leviticus 25:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. Notwithstanding the cities ... The Levites, having no possessi...
Leviticus 25:34 - 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 25:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold. — The Levitical cities had both suburbs or commons for their cattle, &c, and fields which they cultivated ( Numbers 35:4-5 ). These...
Leviticus 25:34 - 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 25:34 - 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 25:34 - 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 25:34 - 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 25:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold ,.... The suburbs to the cities of the Levites reached two thousand cubits on every side of their cities, Numbers 35:5 ; in which they h...
Leviticus 25:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it [is] their perpetual possession. Ver. 34. May not be sold. ] This law lasted but during the paedagogy: for Joses, a Levite, sol...
Leviticus 25:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The field of the suburbs (namely, of the cities of the Levites) may not be sold Not at all; partly, because it was of absolute necessity for them for the keeping of their cattle, and partly becau...
Leviticus 25:34 - 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 25:34 - 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 25:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of the suburbs of the cities, See Poole on " Numbers 35:4 " . May not be sold; not sold at all, partly because it was of absolute necessity for them for the keeping of their cattle, and partly bec...
Leviticus 25:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Houses In The Cities Of The Levites Are Redeemable At Any Time ( Leviticus 25:32-34 ). This special provision for Levites was because they did not have fields of their own. Their houses were their...
Leviticus 25:34 - 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 25:34 - 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 25:34 - 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 25:34 - 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 25:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Consideration for the Poor and for Slaves.
Leviticus 25:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 4:36 ; Acts 4:37 ; Leviticus 25:23
Leviticus 25:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

May not be sold — Not sold at all, partly, because it was of absolute necessity for them for the keeping of their cattle, and partly because these were no enclosures, but common fields, in which al...

Leviticus 25:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Leviticus 25:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Leviticus 25:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 25:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 25:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 25:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 25:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 25:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 25:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 25:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 25:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 25:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 25:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 25:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 25:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 25:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 25:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 25:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes