Leviticus 25:7

And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
cattle	וְלִ֨בְהֶמְתְּךָ֔ ve.Liv.hem.te.kha	H929	properly · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
beast	וְלַֽחַיָּ֖ה ve.la.chai.Yah	H2416	alive · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
land	בְּאַרְצֶ֑ךָ be.'ar.Tze.kha	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
increase	תְּבוּאָתָ֖הּ te.vu.'a.Tah	H8393	income · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
meat	לֶאֱכֹֽל le.'e.Khol	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:1-7

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 institution of a sabbatical year: In the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, Lev 25:4. And hence the Jews collect that vulgar tradition that after the world has stood six thousand years (a thousand years being to God as one day) it shall cease, and the eternal sabbath shall succeed - a weak foundation on which to…

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Adam Clarke on Leviticus 25:2

The land keep a Sabbath - See this ordinance explained, Exo 23:11 (note). It may be asked here: if it required all the annual produce of the field to support the inhabitants, how could the people be nourished the seventh year, when no produce was received from the fields? To this it may be answered, that God sent his blessing in an especial manner on the sixth year, (see Lev 25:21, Lev 25:22), and it brought forth fruit for three years. How astonishing and convincing was this miracle! Could there possibly be any deception here? No! The miracle speaks for itself, proves the Divine authenticity of the law, and takes every prop and stay from the system that wishes to convict the Mosaic ordinanc…

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John Gill on Leviticus 25:7

And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land,.... The former signifies tame cattle, such as were kept at home, or in fields, or were used in service, and the latter the wild beasts of the field: shall all the increase thereof be meat; for the one, and for the other; Jarchi remarks, that all the time a wild beast eats of the increase of the field, the cattle may be fed at home; but when it ceaseth to the wild beast of the field, then it ceaseth to the cattle at home; nay, the Jews are so strict in this matter, that they say that when there is no food for the beasts in the field, men are obliged to bring out what they have in their houses (r), see Isaiah 11:6. (r) Maimon. Hilc…

Dictionary and topics

Agriculture — Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into the possession…
Beast — This word is used of flocks or herds of grazing animals (Ex. 22:5; Num. 20:4, 8, 11; Ps. 78:48); of beasts of burden (Gen. 45:17); of eatable beasts (Prov. 9:2); and of swift beasts or dromedaries…
Festivals, Religious — There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9;…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Sabbatical year — Every seventh year, during which the land, according to the law of Moses, had to remain uncultivated (Lev. 25:2-7; comp. Ex. 23:10, 11, 12; Lev. 26:34, 35). Whatever grew of itself during that year…
Agriculture · LAWS CONCERNING — LAWS CONCERNING
B · Domestic: To be taken care of — Domestic: To be taken care of
Feast Of Sabbatical Year, The · Enactments respecting: The fruits of the earth to be common property — Enactments respecting: The fruits of the earth to be common property
Holiday · One year in seven — One year in seven
Sanitation · REST COMMAN — REST COMMAN

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Leviticus 25:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:1-7

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 25:2

John Gill on Leviticus 25:7

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 25:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:1-7

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 25:2

John Gill on Leviticus 25:7

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 25:1-7

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 25:6-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 25:4

Rashi on Leviticus 25:7