- I will:
- As it is here graciously promised, that the sixth year was to bring forth fruits for three years, not merely for two, it is evident that both the sabbatical year and the year of jubilee were distinctly provided for. They were not to sow from the sixth to the eighth year, omitting two seed times; nor reap from the sixth to the ninth, omitting two harvests. No legislator, unless conscious of being divinely commissioned, would have committed himself by enacting such a law as this; nor would any people have submitted to receive it, except in consequence of the fullest conviction that a divine authority had dictated it. It therefore stands as a proof that Moses acted by the express direction of the Almighty, and that the people were fully persuaded of the reality of his divine mission by the miracles he wrought. "Then Isaacª sowedª° in that¹ land,ª and receivedª° in the same¹ yearª an hundredfold:ªª and the LORDª blessedª° him." {Gen 26:12} + "And in the sevenª plenteousª yearsª the earthª brought forthª° by handfuls.ª" {Gen 41:47} + "See,ª° for¹ that the LORDª hath givenª° you the sabbath,ª therefore¹¹ he¹ givethª° you on the sixthª dayª the breadª of two days;ª abideª° ye every manª in his place,¹ let no¹ manª go outª° of his placeª¹ on the seventhª day.ª" {Exd 16:29} + "Blessedª° [shalt] thou¹ [be] in the city,ª and blessedª° [shalt] thou¹ [be] in the field.ª" {Deu 28:3} + "The LORDª shall commandª°¹ the blessingª upon¹ thee in thy storehouses,ª and in all¹ that thou settestª thine handª unto; and he shall blessª° thee in the landª which¹ the LORDª thy Godª givethª° thee." {Deu 28:8} + "As the dewª of Hermon,ª [and as the dew] that descendedª°¹ upon¹ the mountainsª of Zion:ª for¹ there¹ the LORDª commandedª°¹ the blessing,ª [even] lifeª for evermore.ª¹" {Psa 133:3} + "The blessingª of the LORD,ª it¹ maketh rich,ª° and he addethª° no¹ sorrowª with¹ it." {Prv 10:22} + "Nowª he that ministerethª° seedª to the¹ sowerª° bothª ministerª° breadª forª [your] food,ª andª multiplyª° yourª seed sown,ª andª increaseª° the¹ fruitsª of yourª righteousness;)ª" {2Co 9:10}
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