Lev 25:1-7 | Clarke | STEP | The law concerning the Sabbatical or seventh year repeated, . The law relative to the jubilee, or fiftieth year, and the hallowing of the fiftieth, . In the year of jubilee every one to return unto his possessions, . None to oppress another in buying and selling, . Purchases to be rated from jubilee to jubilee, according to the number of years unexpired, . Promises to obedience, , . Promises relative to the Sabbatical year, . No inheritance must be finally alienated, , . No advantage to be taken of a man's poverty in buying his land, . Ordinances relative to the selling of a house in a walled city, , ; in a village, . Houses of the Levites may be redeemed at any time, , . The fields of the Levites in the suburbs must not be sold, . No usury to be taken from a poor brother, . If an Israelite be sold to an Israelite, he must not be obliged to serve as a slave, , but be as a hired servant or as a sojourner, till the year of jubilee, , when he and his family shall have liberty to depart, ; because God claims all Israelites as his servants, having redeemed them from bondage in Egypt, , . The Israelites are permitted to have bond-men and bond-women of the heathens, who, being bought with their money, shall be considered as their property, . If an Israelite, grown poor, be sold to a sojourner who has waxed rich, he may be redeemed by one of his relatives, an uncle or uncle's son, . In the interim between the jubilees, he may be redeemed; but if not redeemed, he shall go free in the jubilee, . Obedience enforced by God's right over them as his servants, .

Leviticus 25:1-7

Introduction

The law concerning the Sabbatical or seventh year repeated, Lev 25:1-7. The law relative to the jubilee, or fiftieth year, and the hallowing of the fiftieth, Lev 25:8-12. In the year of jubilee every one to return unto his possessions, Lev 25:13. None to oppress another in buying and selling, Lev 25:14. Purchases to be rated from jubilee to jubilee, according to the number of years unexpired, Lev 25:15-17. Promises to obedience, Lev 25:18, Lev 25:19. Promises relative to the Sabbatical year, Lev 25:20-22. No inheritance must be finally alienated, Lev 25:23, Lev 25:24. No advantage to be taken of a man's poverty in buying his land, Lev 25:25-28. Ordinances relative to the selling of a house in a walled city, Lev 25:29, Lev 25:30; in a village, Lev 25:31. Houses of the Levites may be redeemed at any time, Lev 25:32, Lev 25:33. The fields of the Levites in the suburbs must not be sold, Lev 25:34. No usury to be taken from a poor brother, Lev 25:35-38. If an Israelite be sold to an Israelite, he must not be obliged to serve as a slave, Lev 25:39, but be as a hired servant or as a sojourner, till the year of jubilee, Lev 25:40, when he and his family shall have liberty to depart, Lev 25:41; because God claims all Israelites as his servants, having redeemed them from bondage in Egypt, Lev 25:42, Lev 25:43. The Israelites are permitted to have bond-men and bond-women of the heathens, who, being bought with their money, shall be considered as their property, Lev 25:44-46. If an Israelite, grown poor, be sold to a sojourner who has waxed rich, he may be redeemed by one of his relatives, an uncle or uncle's son, Lev 25:47-49. In the interim between the jubilees, he may be redeemed; but if not redeemed, he shall go free in the jubilee, Lev 25:50-54. Obedience enforced by God's right over them as his servants, Lev 25:55. Verse 2

The land keep a Sabbath - See this ordinance explained, Exo 23:11 (note). It may be asked here: if it required all the annual produce of the field to support the inhabitants, how could the people be nourished the seventh year, when no produce was received from the fields? To this it may be answered, that God sent his blessing in an especial manner on the sixth year, (see Lev 25:21, Lev 25:22), and it brought forth fruit for three years. How astonishing and convincing was this miracle! Could there possibly be any deception here? No! The miracle speaks for itself, proves the Divine authenticity of the law, and takes every prop and stay from the system that wishes to convict the Mosaic ordinances of imposture. See Exo 23:11. It is evident from this that the Mosaic law must have had a Divine origin, as no man in his senses, without God's authority, could have made such an ordinance as this; for the sixth year, from its promulgation, would have amply refuted his pretensions to a Divine mission.