John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 1. And the Lord spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai , etc.] Not when Moses was with the Lord on that mount forty days, but after he came down from thence, even after the tabernacle was set up, while the children of Israel where encamped about that mountain, and before they took their journey from thence; for they continued some time in the wilderness of Sinai, and here it was the Lord spoke to Moses; for the words may be rendered “by” or “near Mount Sinai” f853 ; and so Josephus says, the following laws were delivered to Moses, when Israel was encamped under Mount Sinai: saying ; as follows.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-7 - All labour was to cease in the seventh year, as much as daily labour of the seventh day. These statues tell us to beware of covetousness, for man's life consists not in the abundance of his possessions. We are to exercise willing dependence on God's providence for our support; to consider ourselves the Lord's tenants or stewards, and to use ou possessions accordingly. This year of rest typified the spiritual res which all believers enter into through Christ. Through Him we are ease of the burden of wordly care and labour, both being sanctified an sweetened to us; and we are enabled and encouraged to live by faith.
Original Hebrew וידבר1696 יהוה3068 אל413 משׁה4872 בהר2022 סיני5514 לאמר׃559
