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Leviticus 25:35-55

The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 25:35-55

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Justice and mercy.

The equity of the Mosaic laws has striking illustrations in the words now under review. We see it—

I. IN THE KINDNESS ENJOINED TOWARDS THE POOR.

1. Their necessities are to be relieved.

2. The reasons for mercy are edifying.

II. IN THE KINDNESS ENJOINED TOWARDS THE SLAVE.

1. The Hebrew must show it.

2. The stranger must show it.

III. IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE RANSOM PRICE. In this determination:

1. The rate of wages is an element. The principles of hired service should be remembered by masters in the treatment of slaves.

2. This rate was then multiplied into the years prospective to the jubilee.

IV. IN THE DIFFERENCE OF THE LAW RELATING TO A COUNTRY HOUSE AS COMPARED WITH A HOUSE IN A WALLED CITY.

1. The country house returned to the owner of the land.

2. The house in the walled city did not so return.

HOMILIES BY W. CLARKSON

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