Leviticus 25:11

That there be no mixture of beasts of several sorts, Leviticus 19:19. 9. That we plough not with an ox and an ass, Deuteronomy 22:10. 10. That the mouth of a beast labouring in that which may be eaten be not muzzled, Deuteronomy 25:4. 11. That in the seventh year the land be not ploughed; 12. Nor the trees dressed; 13. Nor things moved that grow on their own ground; 14. Nor the fruits gathered as in other years, Leviticus 25:1–7. 15. That the earth be not tilled in the year of jubilee; 16. Nor things cut down growing on their own field; 17. Nor the fruits of that year gathered, Leviticus 25:11. 18. That no field in the Holy Land be sold for ever, Leviticus 25:23. 27. The seventh family they call the HOUSE OF DOCTRINES, unto which head they refer things of sundry kinds which they know not well how to reduce unto one general sort, or head of one name, and it is branched into forty-six prohibitions:—1. That the Levites be not forsaken, Deuteronomy 12:19. 2. That the fields and suburbs of the Levites be not changed, Leviticus 25:34. 3. That no debt be claimed after the year of release, Deuteronomy 15:2. 4. That we forget not to give to the poor what they want, Deuteronomy 15:7, 8. 5. That we omit not to lend to the poor because the year of release draws nigh, Deuteronomy 15:9, 10. 6. That a Jewish servant be not set at liberty empty, Deuteronomy 15:13. 7. That debt be not exacted of the poor, Leviticus 25:35. 8. That no money be lent unto an Israelite on usury, Leviticus 25:35–37. 9.

25:8-22 The word jubilee signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases till the year of jubilee, and then returned to the owner or his heir. This tended to preserve their tribes and families distinct, till the coming of the Messiah. The liberty every man was born to, if sold or forfeited, should return at the year of jubilee. This was typical of redemption by Christ from the slavery of sin and Satan, and of being brought again to the liberty of the children of God. All bargains ought to be made by this rule, Ye shall not oppress one another, not take advantage of one another's ignorance or necessity, but thou shalt fear thy God. The fear of God reigning in the heart, would restrain from doing wrong to our neighbour in word or deed. Assurance was given that they should be great gainers, by observing these years of rest. If we are careful to do our duty, we may trust God with our comfort. This was a miracle for an encouragement to all neither sowed or reaped. This was a miracle for an encouragement to all God's people, in all ages, to trust him in the way of duty. There is nothing lost by faith and self-denial in obedience.

Some asked, What shall we eat the seventh year? Thus many Christians anticipate evils, questioning what they shall do, and fearing to proceed in the way of duty. But we have no right to anticipate evils, so as to distress ourselves about them. To carnal minds we may appear to act absurdly, but the path of duty is ever the path of safety.

A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you,.... Which, clearly shows, that not the forty ninth year was the year of jubilee, as many learned men have asserted, chiefly induced by this reason, because two years would come together in which were no sowing reaping; but that God, that could cause the earth to forth fruit for three years, Leviticus 25:21 ; could make it bring forth enough for four years; and in order to make their sentiment agree with this passage, they are obliged to make the foregoing jubilee one of the fifty, and begin their account from thence; but this could not be done in the first account of the jubilee; of the name; see Gill on Leviticus 25:9 , ye shall not sow; in the year of jubilee, which shows also that this could not be the forty ninth year, which of course being a sabbatical year, there would be no sowing, reaping, &c. and so this law or instruction would be quite needless: neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed; as in the sabbatical year; see Gill on Leviticus 25:5; the same with respect to these things being to be observed in the year of jubilee, as in that; and so Jarchi observes that the same that is said of the sabbatical year is said of the jubilee, two holy years being found next to one another, the forty ninth year the sabbatical year, and the fiftieth year the jubilee.

The fiftieth year - The Jubilee probably coincided with each seventh sabbatical year, and was called the fiftieth, as being the last of a series of which the first was the preceding Jubilee. A jubile - Commonly spelled jubilee. The original word first occurs in Exodus 19:13, where it is rendered "trumpet," margin "cornet." It most probably denotes the sound of the cornet, not the cornet itself, and is derived from a root, signifying to flow abundantly, which by a familiar metaphor might be applied to sound.

(11) A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you. —According to the unanimous testimony of the authorities during the second Temple, including Philo (ii. 287-290) and Josephus ( Antt. iii. 12, § 3), the jubile was observed every fiftieth year, as is plainly enjoined both in the verse before us and in Leviticus 25:10 . As the forty-ninth year is the sabbatical year and the fiftieth year the jubile, there were two successive fallow years. Ye shall not sow.—As the fiftieth year is jubile, and partakes of the nature of the sabbatical year, sowing and reaping are forbidden. Neither reap that which groweth of itself in it.—That is, the spontaneous growth of this year is not to be made into a regular harvest and stored up. (See Leviticus 25:5.) Vine undressed.—See Leviticus 25:5.

The other effect of the fiftieth year proclaimed with the trumpet-blast consisted in the fact that the Israelites were not to sow or reap, just as in the sabbatical year (see Leviticus 25:4 , Leviticus 25:5 ). "For it is יובל," i.e., not "jubilation or time of jubilation," but "the time or year of the trumpet-blast, it shall be holy to you," i.e., a sabbatical time, which is to be holy to you like the day of the trumpet-blast ( Leviticus 25:23 , Leviticus 25:24 ).

[Reformed Biblical] Leviticus 25:12 ## It shall be holy unto you: so it was, because it was sequestered in great part from worldly employments, and dedicated to God, and to the exercise of holy joy and thankfulness; and because it was a type of that holy and happy jubilee which they were to expect and enjoy by and under the Messias. ## The increase thereof; such things as it produced of itself; for the year before nothing was sowed. Out of the field; whence they in common with others might take it as they needed it; but must not put it into barns. See Lev_25:5 Exo_23:11. Leviticus 25:13 Leviticus 25:14 Neither the seller by requiring more, nor the buyer by taking the advantage from his brother’s necessities to give him less than the worth of it. Leviticus 25:15 Or, ## of years of fruits, or, of fruitful years ; for there were some unfruitful years, to wit, such wherein they were not allowed to sow or reap, &c. Leviticus 25:16 Or, for the number of the fruits. The meaning is, he selleth not the land, but only the fruits thereof, and that for a certain time. Leviticus 25:17 Leviticus 25:18 Leviticus 25:19 Leviticus 25:20 A like objection, see Exo_34:23,24. Leviticus 25:21 i.e. Give ## my blessing. Commanding is oft used in Scripture either for the performance of promised blessings, as Deu_28:8 Psa_111:9 133:3, or for the execution of threatened judgments, as Isa_5:6 Amo_9:4; both being acts of God’s providential will, as the command is of his legislative will.