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That which grows of itself of your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
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The Consecrated 'Nazarite' Vine
Commentators explain that the term for an 'undressed vine' literally means a 'Nazarite vine.' Just as a Nazarite's hair was left uncut as a sign of consecration to God, the vine in the Sabbath year was left unpruned, signifying that it, and the entire land, was set apart as holy to the Lord.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Vine undressed - That is, “unpruned”; literally “Nazarite vine,” the figure being taken from the unshorn locks of the Nazarite. ([Reference …
19th Century
Anglican
That which groweth of its own accord. —Not only is every owner of land to desist from cultivating it, but the spontaneous…
Baptist
You shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard. That which grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, neither gathe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That which grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap That which spru…
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…
