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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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Albert Barnes
On Leviticus 25:5
18th Century
Theologian
Vine undressed - That is, “unpruned”; literally “Nazarite vine,” the figure being taken from the unshorn locks of the Nazarite. ([Reference …
Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 25:5
19th Century
Bishop
That which groweth of its own accord. —Not only is every owner of land to desist from cultivating it, but the spontaneous…
Charles Spurgeon
On Leviticus 25:4–5
19th Century
Preacher
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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John Gill
On Leviticus 25:5
17th Century
Pastor
That which grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall
not reap
That which spru…
Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 25:1–7
17th Century
Minister
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…