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And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for thy stranger, who sojourn with thee.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The sabbath of the land shall be meat for you — That is, the produce of the untilled land (its “increase,”Leviticus 25:7) shal…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And the sabbath of the land. That is, the growth or produce during this sabbath of the land. For the figure of speech, see Leviticus 18:38…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

There was to be no private property in the spontaneous produce of that year. It was free to everybody; free even to the cattle, which might go and …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you
, That is, that which grew up of itself but of the land, or on trees, vines,…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

All labor was to cease in the seventh year, just as daily labor on the seventh day. These statutes tell us to beware of covetousness, for a man…

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