Leviticus 25:53 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. ”

Leviticus 25:53 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A sojourner or stranger - Rather, a foreigner who has settled among you. See Leviticus 16:29 , note; Exodus 20:10 , note. Leviticus 25:54 In these years - More properly, by one of these...
Leviticus 25:53 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[And] as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: [and the other] shall not rule with rigour over him in thy (y) sight. (y) You shall not allow him to treat him severely, if you know it.
Leviticus 25:53 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Redemption of Hebrews from Aliens. The right of redemption is to hold in the case of a Hebrew who has sold himself to a resident alien. His services are regarded as leased till the fiftieth year, a...
Leviticus 25:53 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
Leviticus 25:53 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If a sojourner—wax rich, &c.— Equitable in all his laws, God here provides that the sojourner in Israel should have the same legal advantages with the native: to whom, if reduced, though he gra...
Leviticus 25:53 - 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 25:53 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be. — Better, As a yearly servant, &c, without the “and,” which is not in the original, and is not wanted. That is, as long as he is in service his mast...
Leviticus 25:53 - 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 25:53 - 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...
Leviticus 25:53 - 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 25:53 - 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...
Leviticus 25:53 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[And] as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him ,.... Being redeemable every year, and upon his redemption might quit his master's service, as an hireling may; and the price of his redemption t...
Leviticus 25:53 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In thy sight Thou shalt not suffer this to be done, but whether thou art a magistrate or a private person, thou shalt take care according to thy capacity to get it remedied.
Leviticus 25:53 - 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 25:53 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Oppression of Brethren Forbidden. B. C. 1490. 39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by t...
Leviticus 25:53 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt not suffer this to be done, but whether thou art a magistrate, or a private person, thou shalt take care according to thy capacity to get it remedied.
Leviticus 25:53 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

An Israelite Member of the Covenant Must Always Be Able to Buy His Freedom At Any Time ( Leviticus 25:47-55 ). Leviticus 25:47-49 “And if a stranger or sojourner with you be grown rich, and yo...
Leviticus 25:53 - 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 25:53 - 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 25:53 - 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 25:53 - 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 25:53 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Consideration for the Poor and for Slaves.
Leviticus 25:53 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 25:43
Leviticus 25:53 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In thy sight — Thou shalt not suffer this to be done, but whethe thou art a magistrate, or a private person, thou shalt take care according to thy capacity to get it remedied.

Leviticus 25:53 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 25:53 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Leviticus 25:53 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:53 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 25:53 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 25:53 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:53 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:53 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 25:53 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 25:53 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:53 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 25:53 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 25:53 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 25:53 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:53 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 25:53 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 25:53 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:53 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 25:53 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 25:53 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 25:53 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 25:53 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 25:53 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 25:53 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes