For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits,
The law of Moses laid a great deal of stress upon the sabbath, the sanctification of which was the earliest and most ancient of all divine institutions, designed for the keeping up of the knowledge and worship of the Creator among men; that law not only revived the observance of the weekly sabbath, but, for the further advancement of the honour of them, added the...
Commenting on Leviticus 25:1-7
Six years thou shalt sow thy field,.... Under which is comprehended everything relating to agriculture, both before and after sowing, as dunging the land, ploughing and harrowing it, treading the corn, reaping and gathering it in; see Exo 23:10, and six years thou shall prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; which is not to be restrained to vineyards only, but to be...
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; (a) The Jews began to count the year in September: for then all the fruits were gathered.