Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,.... What follows, being what the whole body of the people would be under obligation to observe, and therefore must be delivered to them all, at…
Adam Clarke
The land keep a Sabbath - See this ordinance explained, Exo 23:11 (note). It may be asked here: if it required all the annual produce of the field to support the inhabitants, how could the people be…
The law of Moses laid a great deal of stress upon the sabbath, the sanctification of which was the earliest and most ancient of all divine institutions, designed for the keeping up of the knowledge…
Cambridge Bible
keep a sabbath unto the Lord The land shall rest in the seventh year, as man rests on the seventh day, the sabbath. This idea is not expressed in Exo 23:10 f., but may be implied there in the command…
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