Isaiah 28:25

When he hath made level the surface thereof, 1 doth he not sow the dill, 1 and scatter the cumin, 1 and plant in rows the chittah (wheat) and the se'orah (barley) in the appointed place, 1 and the spelt in their place? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and rie in their place?

In Context

24Doth the plowman plow kol hayom to sow? 1 Doth he keep turning and breaking the clods of his adamah? 1

26For Elohav doth instruct him, 1 and doth teach him properly. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 9:31And the flax and the barley was struck; for the barley was ripe, and the flax was in bud.

Matthew 23:23Oy to you, Sofrim and Perushim, tzevuim, for you give maasros (tithe) of mint and dill and cumin, and you have neglected the matters of the Torah of greater consequence: mishpat, chesed, and emunah. These things it was necessary to do and those + 23:23 others not to neglect.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:24-29

Husbandry a Divine Art. ( b. c. 725.) 23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. 24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? 25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? 26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. 27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument,… Read the whole commentary →

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