20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
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But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? …
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-22)Here is, I. The general institution of the jubilee, Lev. 25:8-22 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 among learned men: that it should be the seventh sabbatical year, that is, the forty-ninth (which by a very common form of speech is called the fiftieth), seems to me most probable, and is, I think, made p…
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