“We also promise that if the people of the land should bring any merchandise or grain to be sold on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will refuse to buy it. Every seventh year we will let our land rest, and we will cancel all debts owed to us.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Bring ware ... on the sabbath day – Compare (Nehemiah 13:16), where this desecration of the Sabbath is shown to have co…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The points of the covenant.

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And if the people of the land bring ware
Any thing to be sold, any sort of goods, that being sold might be taken awa…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Conversion is separating from the course and custom of this world, devoting ourselves to the conduct directed by the word of God. When we bind ours…