Leviticus 25:19

And the land shall yield her fruit,.... That is, continually, and even in the seventh year, the sabbath of rest; for the land, though not manured, ploughed, and sowed, nor the vines, olives, and fig…

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…