A Sabbath] That is, a rest from the toyle of tillage and culture, both of fields, and vineyards. Of the reasons of this, see Annot. on Exod. 23. vers. 11. This Law was dated at Sinai, for thence and then it was delivered, when Moses abode so long with God in the Mount; but it was not to be put in execution, untill they had beene sixe yeares in possession of the Land of Canaan: in the Sabbaticall yeare Deuteronomie was to be read unto the people, Deut. 31. 10, 11. Hebrew servants were to be released, Exodus 21:2. debts were to be remitted, Deuteronomy 15:2. and the ground untilled; and whatsoever fruits it brought forth, they must not be gathered as any ones proper goods, but left to common use.