And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
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Gill's Exposition
And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you,...., That is, that which grew up of itself but of the land, or on trees, vines, olives, &c. undressed, should be the meat or food on which they…
Barnes' Notes
The sabbath of the land shall be meat for you - That is, the produce of the untilled land (its “increase,” Lev 25:7) shall be food for the whole of you in common, rich and poor without distinction Exo…
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
the sabbath i.e. the produce during the year of rest. Instead of storing it as in each of the six years, they were only to gather it from time to time when needed for food. Much of the grain in…
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