Leviticus 25:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. ”

Leviticus 25:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The land was to be divided by lot among the families of the Israelites when the possession of it was obtained. Numbers 26:52-56 ; Numbers 33:54 , etc. At the end of every seventh sabbatical cycle...
Leviticus 25:8 - 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 25:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

seven sabbaths of years. . x . = 49. See App-10.
Leviticus 25:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. And thou shalt number seven. The third kind of Sabbath follows, which was composed of forty-nine, or seven times seven years. This was the most illustrious Sabbath, since the state of the...
Leviticus 25:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Thou shalt number seven Sabbath...
Leviticus 25:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 25:8 . &c. And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee — Or, Seven weeks of years unto thee. As the sabbatical year was to be every seventh year, so the year of jubi...
Leviticus 25:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Thou shalt number seven...
Leviticus 25:8 - 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 25:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And thou shalt number. — Better, And thou shalt count unto thee, as the Authorised Version renders the same phrase in Leviticus 23:15 . Number seven sabbaths of years. — Better, count seven...
Leviticus 25:8 - 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 25:8 - 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 25:8 - 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 25:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In this calculation it should seem that the year of jubilee was the nine and fortieth year; and that then the trumpet was sounded. But what a joy must it have been to every poor bond-servant, and esp...
Leviticus 25:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee ,.... Or weeks of years; and there being seven days in a week, and a day being put for a year, seven weeks of years made forty nine years; the...
Leviticus 25:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Ver. 8. Seven Sabbaths of ye...
Leviticus 25:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee Besides the rest of the seventh year, God now appoints, as another perpetual ordinance, that every fiftieth year should be celebrated as an ext...
Leviticus 25:8 - 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 25:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Institution of the Jubilee; the Year of the Jubilee. B. C. 1490. 8 And thou shalt numb...
Leviticus 25:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Leviticus 25:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Year of Yubile. The Year of Grand Release ( Leviticus 25:8-55 ). The year of grand release might well never have been put fully into practise throughout the whole of Israel, as it required ful...
Leviticus 25:8 - 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 25:8 - 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 25:8 - 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 25:8 - 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 25:8 - 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 25:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And thou shalt number seven Sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven Sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
Leviticus 25:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 2:2 ; Leviticus 23:15

Leviticus 25:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Leviticus 25:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 25:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 25:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 25:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 25:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 25:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 25:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 25:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Leviticus 25:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 25:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 25:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 25:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 25:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge