...were regarded with compaffion. " The feventh " year, thou fhall let the land reft, and lie ftill ; " that the poor of thy people may eat, and what they " leave, the beafts of the field fhall eat. In like K manner thou fhalt deal with thy vineyard, and « with <e with...

...were strangers in the land of Egypt. 10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in 11 the fruits thereof: But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest and lie still ; not so much that it may get strength, as to teach you that both yourselves and your land are God's...

...the land was to rest each Sabbatic year, the Lawgiver assigns as a reason, * " Ye shall let it rest, that the poor "of thy people may eat; and what they " leave, the beasts of the field shall eat." Thus also as to the Sabbath day : " Six " days thou shalt do thy work, and on the " seventh day thou...

...gather in the pro11 ducts thereof ; but on the seventh thou shalt give it rest and let it lie fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat, and what they leave, let the wild beasts of the field eat. The same thou 12 shalt do with thy vineyards and thy olives....

...land of Egypt 1 0 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather i:i the fruits thereof : 11 that took me out of my mother's ihf people may eat : and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thoH shalt...

...Egypt.. 10 And six years thou shalt POW thy bud, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof : 1 1 lint Ihe Israel, which is in Samaria : behold, he i» in the...of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. 1 L'p.-tsts of the field shall eat. In like mannrr thou. shall deal with thy vineyard, and wi.li thy...

...stranger : for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 10 And especteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 Many, OLoRD my 1 1 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still ; that the poor of thy people may eat;...

...Sabbatical Year, and the Jubilee. XI. The Sabbatical Year. " SIX years thou shalt sow thy land, and shall gather in the fruits thereof ; but the seventh year,...people may eat ; and what they leave, the beasts of tlie field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy olive yard. Exod....

..." thou shall sow thy land, and shall gather in the fruits thereof: but the seventh year thou shall let it rest and lie still ; that the poor of thy people...beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shall deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.":f That * Though both an extraordinary Providence,...

...ostentation, and from the motive of true charity.* Exod. xxiii. 11. ' the seventh year thou shalt let the land rest, and lie still, that the poor of thy people may eat.' Deut. xv. 2. ' this is the manner of the release,' &c. v. 11. ' thou shalt open thine hand wide unto...