“ Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God. ”
Fear thy God - Yahweh was the Lord and Master of His people. To treat a Hebrew as a slave was therefore to interfere with the rights of Yahweh. Compare Romans 14:4 .
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...
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God. Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor - What is rigorous service? "Service which is not determined, and service whereof there is no...
Leviticus 25:42-43 , &c. For they are my servants, &c.— A great distinction is made between native Israelites and strangers in the case of servitude; and the reason urged is, that the...
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...
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...
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour. — The master is forbidden to tyrannise over him as if he were a slave without any rights.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour ,.... As the Egyptians ruled over the Israelites, and made them to serve, Exodus 1:13 ; where the same word is used as here, and seems designed to put them...
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God. Ver. 43. Rule over him with rigour. ] As the Egyptians did over the Israelites. Exo 1:13 Thy servant is made of the same earth wit...
Then shall he depart Thou shalt not suffer him or his to abide longer in thy service, as thou mightest do in the year of release, Exodus 21:2 ; Exodus 21:6 . They are my servants They, no less...
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...
Oppression of Brethren Forbidden. B. C. 1490. 39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by t...
Though thou dost not fear them who are in thy power, and unable to right themselves, yet fear that God who hath commanded thee to use them kindly, and who can and will avenge their cause, if thou dos...
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...
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...
fear ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
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...
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...
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...
Consideration for the Poor and for Slaves.
Colossians 4:1 ; Deuteronomy 25:18 ; Ephesians 6:9 ; Exodus 1:13 ; Exodus 1:14 ; Exodus 1:17 ; Exodus 1:21 ; Exodus 2:23 ; Exodus 3:7 ; Exodus 3:9 ; Exodus 5:14 ; Isaiah 47:6 ; Isaiah 58...
Fear thy God — Though thou dost not fear them who are in thy power, and unable to right themselves, yet fear that God who hath commanded thee to use them kindly, and who can and will avenge their c...