Exodus 21:2-4

an Hebrew.

12:44; 22:3; Ge 27:28,36; Le 25:39-41,44; 2Ki 4:1; Ne 5:1-5,8

Mt 18:25; 1Co 6:20

and in the.

Le 25:40-43,45; De 15:1,12-15,18; 31:10; Jer 34:8-17

by himself. Heb. with his body.

De 15:12-14

4

Exodus 23:10-11

10

the seventh.

Le 25:2-7,11,12,20,22; 26:34,35

olive-yard. or, olive-trees.

Leviticus 25:10

proclaim.

Ex 20:2; Ezr 1:3; Ps 146:7; Isa 49:9,24,25; 61:1-3; 63:4

Jer 34:8,13-17; Zec 9:11,12; Lu 1:74; 4:16-21; Joh 8:32-36

Ro 6:17,18; 2Co 3:17; Ga 4:25-31; 5:1,13; 1Pe 2:16; 2Pe 2:19,20

every man.

13,26-28,33,34; 27:17-24

ye shall return.

Nu 36:2-9

Leviticus 25:39-46

be sold.

Ex 21:2; 22:3; De 15:12; 1Ki 9:22; 2Ki 4:1; Ne 5:5; Jer 34:14

compel him to serve as. Heb. serve thyself with him withthe service of, etc.

46; *marg:

Ex 1:14; Jer 25:14; 27:7; 30:8

Ex 21:2,3

then shall.

Ex 21:3; Joh 8:32; Ro 6:14; Tit 2:14

shall return.

10,28

my servants.

55; Ro 6:22; 1Co 7:21-23

as bondsmen. Heb. with the sale of a bondman.

rule.

46,53; Ex 1:13,14; 2:23; 3:7,9; 5:14; Isa 47:6; 58:3; Eph 6:9

Col 4:1

but shalt.

17; Ex 1:17,21; De 25:18; Mal 3:5

Ex 12:44; Ps 2:8,9; Isa 14:1,2; Re 2:26,27

Isa 56:3-6

And ye shall.

Isa 14:2

they shall be your bondmen for ever. Heb. ye shall serveyourselves with them.

39

ye shall not rule.

43

Deuteronomy 15:12

1; Ex 21:2-6; Le 25:39-41; Jer 34:14; Joh 8:35,36

Nehemiah 5:1-13

1 The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage.

6 Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution.

14 He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality.

a great cry.

Ex 3:7; 22:25-27; Job 31:38,39; 34:28; Isa 5:7; Lu 18:7; Jas 5:4

their brethren.

Le 25:35-37; De 15:7-11; Ac 7:26; 1Co 6:6-8

We, our sons.

Ps 127:3-5; 128:2-4; Mal 2:2

we take up corn.

Ge 41:57; 42:2; 43:8

mortgaged.

Ge 47:15-25; Le 25:35-39; De 15:7

because.

Mal 3:8-11

the king's tribute.

9:37; De 28:47,48; Jos 16:10; 1Ki 9:21; Ezr 4:13,20

our flesh.

Ge 37:27; Isa 58:7; Jas 2:5,6

we.

Ex 21:1-11; Le 25:39-43; 2Ki 4:1; Mt 18:25

13:8,25; Ex 11:8; Nu 16:15; Mr 3:5; Eph 4:26

I consulted with myself. Heb. my heart consulted in me.

Ps 4:4; 27:8

I rebuked.

Le 19:15; 2Ch 19:6,7; Ps 82:1-4; Pr 27:5; 2Co 5:16; Ga 2:11

1Ti 5:20; Tit 2:15

Ye exact usury.

Ex 22:25; Le 25:36; De 15:2,3; 23:19,20; 24:10-13; Ps 15:1,5

Eze 22:12; 45:9

I set a great assembly.

2Ch 28:9-13; Mt 18:17

We after.

Mt 25:15,29; 2Co 8:12; Ga 6:10

redeemed.

Le 25:47-49

sell your.

Ex 21:16; De 24:7

shall they.

Ro 14:15; 1Co 8:11

held.

Job 29:10; 32:15; Mt 22:12; Ro 3:19

It is not.

1Sa 2:24; Pr 16:29; 17:26; 18:5; 19:2; 24:23

walk.

15; Ge 20:11; 42:18; Le 25:36; Ac 9:31

reproach.

Ge 13:7,8; 2Sa 12:14; Eze 36:20; Ro 2:24; 1Ti 5:14; Tit 2:5

1Pe 2:12

I likewise.

Mic 2:1; Lu 3:13,14; 1Co 9:12-18

I pray you.

2Co 5:11,20; 6:1; Phm 1:8,9

leave.

7; Ex 22:25-27; Ps 15:5; Eze 18:8,13

Restore.

Le 6:4,5; 1Sa 12:3; 2Sa 12:6; Isa 58:6; Lu 3:8

their lands.

3,4

the hundredth.This was probably the rate of interest which they obliged their poor debtors to pay each month, which would amount to about 12 per cent. Another author states that this is the lowest rate of interest in Syria: the usual rate is 20; and it is sometimes as high as 30 per cent.

We will restore.

2Ch 28:14,15; Ezr 10:12; Mt 19:21,22; Lu 19:8

I called.

10:29; 13:25; 2Ki 23:2,3; 2Ch 6:22,23; 15:13,14; Ezr 10:5

Jer 34:8-10; Mt 26:63

I shook my lap.So "when the Roman ambassadors entered the senate of Carthage, they had their toga gathered up in their bosom, and said, We carry here peace and war; you may have which you will. The senate answered, You may give which you please. They then shook their toga, and said, We bring you war."--Livy.

Mt 10:14; Ac 13:51; 18:6

So God.

1Sa 15:28; 1Ki 11:29-31; Zec 5:3,4

emptied. Heb. empty, or void. Amen.

Nu 5:22; De 27:14-26

praised.

1Ch 16:36

the people.

2Ki 23:3; Ps 50:14; 76:11; 119:106; Ec 5:5

Jeremiah 34:14

At the.

8,9; Ex 21:1-4; 23:10,11; De 15:12; 1Ki 9:22; 2Ch 28:10; Isa 58:6

Am 2:6; 8:6

been sold. or, sold himself.

1Ki 21:25; Isa 50:1; Ro 7:14-17,24

but.It appears from this and several other passages, that the sabbatical year had been wholly neglected some centuries before the captivity; and the author of the second book of Chronicles (ch. 36:21) assigns this as a reason for the captivity, "that the land might enjoy her sabbaths." Now, if we reckon the seventy years' captivity as a punishment for this neglect, it will follow that the law on this subject had been disregarded for about 490 years.

7:25,26; 11:8-10; 32:30; 1Sa 8:7,8; 2Ki 17:13,14; 2Ch 36:16

Ne 9:30; Eze 20:4,8; Zec 7:11,12

Jeremiah 34:17

behold.When they proclaimed liberty to their slaves, God restrained the sword from cutting them off; but now having resumed their authority over them, He proclaimed liberty to these dire judgments to seize upon, and destroy them.

Le 26:34,35; De 19:19; Jud 1:6,7; Es 7:10; Da 6:24; Mt 7:2

Lu 6:37,38; Ga 6:7; Jas 2:13; Re 16:6

to the sword.

15:2; 21:7; 24:10; 32:24,36; 47:6,7; Eze 14:17-21

I will.

15:4; 24:9,10; 29:18; De 28:25,64

to be removed. Heb. for a removing.

La 1:8; *marg:
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