Exodus 23:11

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9 “Also you shall not oppress a¹ stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The Law of Sabbaths

10 ^a“Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce,

11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your¹ olive grove.

12 ^aSix days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed.

13 “And in all that I have said to you, ^abe circumspect and ^bmake no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.

Three Annual Feasts

14 ^a“Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year:

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Barnes' Notes

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Exodus 23:10-12

This is the first mention of the Sabbatical year; the law for it is given at length in Leviticus 25:2. Both the Sabbatical year and the weekly Sabbath are here spoken of exclusively in their relation to the poor, as bearing testimony to the equality of the people in their covenant with Yahweh. In the first of these institutions, the proprietor of the soil gave up his rights for the year to the whole community of living creatures, not excepting the beasts: in the latter, the master gave up his claim for the day to the services of his servants and cattle.

Exodus 23:12

May be refreshed - Literally, "may take breath."

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Exodus 23:11:**

Leviticus 25:6
Jeremiah 17:4

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