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( See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9).
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. C...
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...
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...
Leviticus 25:42-43 , &c. For they are my servants, &c.— A great distinction is made between native Israelites and strangers in the cas...
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 br...
The Sabbatical Year. The Year of Jubilee The matters treated in this chapter are closely related to those in Leviticus 23 , and their separation...
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...
THE JUBILEE AND SLAVERY Leviticus 25:39-55 "And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to...
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...
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, to...
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,...
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 wor...
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....
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 ; E...
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...
Oppression of Brethren Forbidden. B. C. 1490....
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, an...
What The People of Israel's Attitude Must Be Towards Their Brothers ( Leviticus 25:35-43 ). “Brothers” here means fellow-Israelites who got into...
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...
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 ha...
A Sabbath of rest unto the land. The sabbatic year and jubilee 1. I do not suppose that these sabbatic regulations referred severally to separa...
If thy brother. .. be sold unto thee. Slavery I. Texts relating to slaves. 1. Called bondmen ( Genesis 43:18 ; Genesis 44:9 ). 2. By bir...
EXPOSITION The subject of the sacred seasons is taken up again in this chapter, after the parenthetical insertion of Leviticus 24:1-3 . There r...
Consideration for the Poor and for Slaves.
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, as over a true slave, but shalt fear thy God.
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 ; Exo...
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 us...
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.