Leviticus 25:17
+ 25:17. Lev 25:17 (Lev 25:13-17) (#10.592): T. You shall not take advantage of each other in context of selling land; by considering the Yovel Year ·Shofar blast Year·, also called the Jubilee Year ·Shofar Year· / R. That one shall not wrong others in speech / R. Not to insult or harm anybody with words You shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am Adonai your God.
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In The King James Version
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 20:11Abraham [Father of a multitude] said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’
Genesis 39:9No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin ·err (the standard goal)· against God?”
Exodus 20:20Moses [Drawn out] said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin ·err (the standard goal)·.”
Leviticus 19:14+ 19:14. Lev 19:14 (#6.390): T. Not to curse a deaf person / R. Not to curse any other Israelite / R. Not to curse any upstanding Jew “‘You shall not curse the deaf, + 19:14. Lev 19:14 (#6.391): T. Not to place a stumbling block in front of a blind person / R. Not to cause the innocent to stumble on the way / R. Not to put a stumbling block before a blind man / R. Not to give a blind man harmful advice nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Adonai. (RY:5, LY:2)
Leviticus 25:14+ 25:14. Lev 25:14 (Lev 25:14-19) (#10.590): T. You shall not wrong your neighbor in buying and selling / R. Buy and sell according to Torah ·Teaching· law T. Example: Specify the context is buying and selling land in the greater context of the Yovel Year ·Shofar blast Year·, also called the Jubilee Year ·Shofar Year· + 25:14. Lev 25:14 (#10.591): T. To judge the case of purchase and sale / R. Not to overcharge for an item nor to underpay for an item T. Example: Specify the context is buying and selling land in the greater context of the Yovel Year ·Shofar blast Year·, also called the Jubilee Year ·Shofar Year· “‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
Leviticus 25:43+ 25:43. Lev 25:43 (Lev 25:39-46) (#5.372): T. Not to treat a Hebrew male servant harshly / R. Not to subjugate a Hebrew male servant to strenuous nor oppressive work (More notes in Ex 21:8 OU360) You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:9-23
Institution of the Jubilee; the Year of the Jubilee. ( b. c. 1490.) 8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the… Read the whole commentary →