John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:8
And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee ,.... Or weeks of years; and there being seven days in a week, and a day being put for a year, seven weeks of years made forty nine years; the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, and Jarchi, interpret it seven "shemittas", or sabbatical years; and a sabbatical year being every seventh year, made the same number: seven times seven years : or forty nine years, as follows: and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be forty and... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:7
And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land ,.... The former signifies tame cattle, such as were kept at home, or in fields, or were used in service, and the latter the wild beasts of the field: shall all the increase thereof be meat ; for the one, and for the other; Jarchi remarks, that all the time a wild beast eats of the increase of the field, the cattle may be fed at home; but when it ceaseth to the wild beast of the field, then it ceaseth to the cattle at home;... read more