Leviticus 25:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. ”

Leviticus 25:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Vine undressed - That is, “unpruned”; literally “Nazarite vine”, the figure being taken from the unshorn locks of the Nazarite. Numbers 6:5 .
Leviticus 25:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

That which groweth of its (b) own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine (c) undressed: [for] it is a year of rest unto the land. (b) Because of the corn th...
Leviticus 25:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25. The Year of Sabbath and of Jubile. Leviticus 25:1-7 . The Year of Sabbath (H). This is an ancient Hebrew institution (p. 102), cf. Exodus 23:10 *, where the law of a fallow eve...
Leviticus 25:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

undressed . unpruned.
Leviticus 25:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
Leviticus 25:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It is a year of rest unto the land— It is a known rule in husbandry, that land requires rest; and therefore it is generally laid fallow, in order to recruit its strength: this, doubtless, among oth...
Leviticus 25:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. No JFB commentary on these vers...
Leviticus 25:5 - 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 25:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That which groweth of its own accord. — Not only is every owner of land to desist from cultivating it, but the spontaneous growth of the fields from seeds which accidentally fell down at the harves...
Leviticus 25:5 - 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 25:5 - 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...
Leviticus 25:5 - 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 25:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a strong leading feature is here given of man's dependence upon GOD. And what a precious comment doth JESUS himself give of it. Matthew 4:4 .
Leviticus 25:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap ,.... That which sprung up of itself from grains of corn, shed in the harvest of the preceding year, without any ploughing or...
Leviticus 25:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: [for] it is a year of rest unto the land. Ver. 5. Thou shalt not reap, ]...
Leviticus 25:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A sabbath of rest to the land They were neither to do any work about it, nor expect any harvest from it. All yearly labours were to be intermitted in the seventh year, as much as daily labours on t...
Leviticus 25:5 - 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 25:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sabbatical Year. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, sayin...
Leviticus 25:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of its own accord; from the grains that fell out of the ears the last reaping time. Thou shalt not reap, i.e. as thy own peculiarly, but only so as others may reap it with thee, for present food....
Leviticus 25:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sabbatical Year ( Leviticus 25:1-7 ). Leviticus 25:1 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying,' Again we have stressed that here we have God's word to Moses. Leviticus 25:2...
Leviticus 25:5 - 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 25:5 - 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...
Leviticus 25:5 - 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 25:5 - 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 25:5 - 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 25:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Seventh Year
Leviticus 25:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 19:29 ; Isaiah 37:30
Leviticus 25:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of its own accord — From the grains that fell out of the ears the last reaping time. Thou shalt not reap — That is, as thy own peculiarly, but only so as others may reap it with thee, for present f...

Leviticus 25:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Leviticus 25:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 25:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 25:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 25:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 25:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 25:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 25:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 25:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Leviticus 25:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 25:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 25:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 25:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 25:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 25:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes