Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
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Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them,.... These and all others he enjoined; by which tenure, even obedience to all his commands, moral, ritual, and judicial, they were…
In safety - i. e., secure from famine, Lev 26:5; Deu 12:10.
Here is, I. The general institution of the jubilee, Lev 25:8. etc.
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…
A hortatory addition, relating to the sabbatical year and interrupting the Jubile regulations. It is thus clearly out of place, and should properly follow Lev 25:25. Its tone is that of H, and is in…
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