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A Sabbath for the Land
Commentators explain that this law establishes a Sabbatical year, a principle of rest for the land that mirrors the weekly Sabbath for people. This was not merely an agricultural technique for soil health. Scholars like Calvin note it was a spiritual exercise designed to make the sanctity of rest a visible, tangible part of Israel's life, teaching them to honor God's rhythm in all of creation.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 23:10–12
18th Century
Theologian
This is the first mention of the Sabbatical year; the law for it is given at length in (Leviticus 25:2). Both the Sabbatical year and t…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 23:1–19
19th Century
Bishop
The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to th…
John Calvin
On Exodus 23:10
16th Century
Theologian
And six years you shall sow. Another Sabbatical institution (Sabbathismus) follows, namely, that of years, in reference to the cu…
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John Gill
On Exodus 23:10
17th Century
Pastor
And six years you shall sow your land ,
The land of Canaan, given to their ancestors and to them, and which they wer…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 23:10–19
17th Century
Minister
Every seventh year the land was to rest. They must not plow or sow it; what the earth produced of itself was to be eaten and not stored up. This la…