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Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in the fruits of it;
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A Comprehensive Command
Commentators explain that the terms 'field' and 'vineyard' are not meant to be restrictive. They represent all forms of agricultural labor, including sowing, pruning, and harvesting from all types of productive land like orchards and gardens. The command encompasses the entirety of a person's productive work.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Vineyard - Rather, fruit-garden. The Hebrew word is a general one for a plantation of fruit-trees.
19th Century
Anglican
Six years thou shalt sow. —See Exodus 23:10.
The fruit thereof. —That is, of the land whi…
Baptist
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; but in the seventh year shall…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Six years you shall sow your field Under which is comprehended everything relating to agriculture, both before and a…
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…
