Leviticus 25:13-16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 25:8-22

Here is, I. The general institution of the jubilee, Lev. 25:8-22 1. When it was to be observed: after seven sabbaths of years (Lev. 25:8), whether the forty-ninth or fiftieth is a great question among learned men: that it should be the seventh sabbatical year, that is, the forty-ninth (which by a very common form of speech is called the fiftieth), seems to me most probable, and is, I think, made pretty clear and the objections removed by that learned chronologer Calvisius; but this is not a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:13

In the year of this jubilee ,.... In the beginning of it, as Aben Ezra, though not on the first day of Tisri, but the tenth day, the day of atonement, when the trumpet was blown: ye shall return every man unto his possession ; which is repeated from Leviticus 25:10 ; the reason of which, the Jews say, is to include gifts, and which, according to them, are like sales, and returned in the year of "jubilee"; that is, if a man gave his estate in possession to another, he returned to it, in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:14

And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour ,.... Any estate or possession, house or land, at any time before the year of jubilee: or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand ; of movable goods, as the Targum of Jonathan interprets it; and so other Jewish writers F26 Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Bava Metziah, c. 4. sect. 9. restrain this to goods which are bought by hand, and delivered from hand to hand; and so they think that fields, and servants, which they say are like to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:15

According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour ,.... That is, reckoning how many years had past since the last jubilee, and how many there were to come to the next, and so give as many years' purchase as were yet to come: and according to the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee ; only care was to be taken, that as many years as were sabbatical ones, which were not years of fruit, should be deducted out of the account by the seller;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:16

According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof ,.... More was to be asked and required, and should be given for an estate, when, for instance, there were thirty years to the year of jubilee, than when there were but twenty: and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it ; if it wanted but five, or six, or ten years unto it, then, in proportion, less was to be insisted upon and given: for according to the number of the years of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 25:14

Ye shall not oppress one another - Ye shall take no advantage of each other's ignorance either in buying or selling; for he that buys an article at less than it is worth, or sells one for more than it is worth, taking advantage in both cases of the ignorance of the vender or buyer, is no better than a thief, as he actually robs his neighbor of as much property as he has bought the article at below or sold it above its current value. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 25:15

According to the number of years - The purchases that were to be made of lands were to be regulated by the number of years unelapsed of the current jubilee. This was something like buying the unexpired term of a lease among us; the purchase is always regulated by the number of years between the time of purchase and the expiration of the term. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 25:1-22

The sabbatic year. At the close of the original week the sabbath of the seventh day was given; that of the seventh year, on the entrance of the Hebrews into Canaan. The former was a memorial of creation; the latter, of redemption. These are intimately related. There are correspondences between the old creation and the new—the material and the spiritual. The grand effect of redemption will be the constitution of a new creation, in which the mundane system will participate. I. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 25:1-55

The sabbatical year was instituted not for any supposed physical benefit accruing from it to the land, but, first, as serving for a link between the sabbath and the jubilee by means of the sacred number seven—the sabbatical year being the seventh year, and the jubilee being the year following the seven-times-seventh year; and secondly, and chiefly, as enforcing the lesson of the weekly sabbath in a manner that could not be overlooked, and symbolically, teaching the universal application of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 25:8-17

The jubilee. The sabbath of the seventh day is commemorative of the rest of God after the work of creation, and anticipative of the rest in heaven for his people after the world's great week of toil and sorrow (see Hebrews 3:1-19 , Hebrews 4:1-16 ). The more to impress these things upon us, to keep alive our gratitude, and to stimulate our faith and hope, he also instituted the sabbaths of the Levitical system. Conspicuous amongst these are the grand sabbaths mentioned in this chapter,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 25:8-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 25:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 25:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 25:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 25:1-55

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 25:8-17

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