Leviticus 25:39 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compele him to serve as a bondservant: ”

• Leviticus 25:39 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The law here appears harmoniously to supplement the earlier one in Exodus 21:1-6 . It was another check applied periodically to the tyranny of the rich. Compare Jeremiah 34:8-17 .

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• Leviticus 25:39 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  An extension of Exodus 21:2 *, Deuteronomy 15:12 *, from the master's point of view, substituting for slavery proper a mild kind of serfdom, but for the seventh year the fiftieth. To foreign slav...

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• Leviticus 25:39 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  sold , as in 2 Kings 4:1 .

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• Leviticus 25:39 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  39. And if thy brother. He now proceeds further, i e. , that one who has bought his brother should treat him with humanity, and not otherwise than a hired servant. We have seen, indeed,...

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• Leviticus 25:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

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• Leviticus 25:39 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: If thy brother ... be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee, х...

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• Leviticus 25:39 - 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 25:39 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor. — Better, And if thy brother be waxen poor by thee, that is, after supporting his tottering hand, as prescribed in Leviticus 25:35-38 , an...

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• Leviticus 25:39 - 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 25:39 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Freedom in the Year of Jubilee Leviticus 25:35-55 If a man, through misfortune, were forced to sell himself into serfdom to meet his debts, he could not be legally retained after the trumpet ha...

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• Leviticus 25:39 - 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 25:39 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The doctrine of free grace, and of full redemption by JESUS, became so important to be shadowed forth, and kept in view through the whole of the law, that the HOLY GHOST was pleased to repeat the sam...

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• Leviticus 25:39 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor ,.... The above laws and instructions seem designed to prevent such extreme poverty as obliged to what follows, namely, a brother being sold...

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• Leviticus 25:39 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: Ver. 39. Thou shalt not compel him. ] To serve for ever, nor u...

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• Leviticus 25:39 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  To serve as a bond-servant Neither for the time, for ever, nor for the manner, with the hardest and vilest kinds of service, rigorously and severely exacted.

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• Leviticus 25:39 - 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 25:39 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Oppression of Brethren Forbidden. B. C. 1490.       39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by t...

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• Leviticus 25:39 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Neither for the time, for ever, nor for the manner, with the hardest and vilest kinds of service, rigorously and severely exacted from him.

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• Leviticus 25:39 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  What The People of Israel's Attitude Must Be Towards Their Brothers ( Leviticus 25:35-43 ). “Brothers” here means fellow-Israelites who got into financial difficulties, who were to be treated wit...

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• Leviticus 25:39 - 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 25:39 - 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 25:39 - 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 25:39 - 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 25:39 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Consideration for the Poor and for Slaves.

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• Leviticus 25:39 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 9:22 ; 2 Kings 4:1 ; Deuteronomy 15:12 ; Exodus 1:14 ; Exodus 21:2 ; Exodus 22:3 ; Jeremiah 25:14 ; Jeremiah 27:7 ; Jeremiah 30:8 ; Jeremiah 34:14 ; Leviticus 25:46 ; Nehemiah 5:5...

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• Leviticus 25:39 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  As a bond — man — Neither for the time, for ever, nor for the manner, with the hardest and vilest kinds of service, rigorously and severely exacted.

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