Leviticus 19:23
“And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised : three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And when ye shall come into the land,.... The land of Canaan, whither they were now going:
and shall have planted all…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Fruit ... uncircumcised - i. e. unfit for presentation to Yahweh. In regard to its spiritual lesson, this law may be…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Three years shall it be as uncircumcised - I see no great reason to seek for mystical meanings in this prohibition. The…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Leviticus 19:19-29
Here is, I. A law against mixtures, Lev 19:19. God in the beginning made the cattle after their kind (Gen 1:25), and we…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The fruit tree in its first three years is to be regarded as a male infant during his first eight days (Dillm.), i.e. as…
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