Vineyards
1. Origin and antiquity of. Ge 9:20.
2. The design of planting. Ps 107:37; 1Co 9:7.
3. Frequently walled or fenced with hedges. Nu 22:24; Pr 24:31; Isa 5:2,5.
4. Cottages built in, for the keepers. Isa 1:8.
5. Provided with the apparatus for making wine. Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33.
6. The stones carefully gathered out of. Isa 5:2.
7. Laws respecting
a. Not to be planted with different kinds of seed. De 22:9.
b. Not to be cultivated in the Sabbatical year. Ex 23:11; Le 25:4.
c. The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year. Le 25:5,11.
d. Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to. Ex 22:5.
e. Strangers entering, allowed to eat fruit of, but not to take any away. De 23:24.
f. The gleaning of, to be left for the poor. Le 19:10; De 24:21.
g. The fruit of new, not to be eaten for three years. Le 19:23.
h. The fruit of new, to be holy to the Lord in the fourth year. Le 19:24.
i. The fruit of new, to be eaten by the owners from the fifth year. Le 19:25.
j. Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten of the fruit. De 20:6.
8. Frequently let out to husbandmen. Song 8:11; Mt 21:33.
9. Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit. Mt 21:34.
10. Were often mortgaged. Ne 5:3,4.
11. Estimated rent of. Song 8:11; Isa 7:23.
12. Estimated profit arising from, to the cultivators. Song 8:12.
13. The poor engaged in the culture of. 2Ki 25:12; Isa 61:5.
14. Members of the family often wrought in. Song 1:6; Mt 21:28-30.
15. Mode of hiring and paying labourers for working in. Mt 20:1,2.
16. Of the kings of Israel superintended by officers of the state. 1Ch 27:27.
17. The vintage or ingathering of
a. Was a time of great rejoicing. Isa 16:10.
b. Sometimes continued to the time of sowing seed. Le 26:5.
c. Failure in, occasioned great grief. Isa 16:9,10.
18. Of red grapes particularly esteemed. Isa 27:2.
19. The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies. Jer 48:32.
20. The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c. De 28:39; Am 4:9.
21. In unfavourable seasons produced but little wine. Isa 5:10; Hag 1:9,11.
22. The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of. Am 5:11; Zep 1:13.
23. The Rechabites forbidden to plant. Jer 35:7-9.
24. Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste. Pr 24:30,31.
25. Illustrative
a. Of the Jewish Church. Isa 5:7; 27:2; Jer 12:10; Mt 21:23.
b. (Failure of,) of severe calamities. Isa 32:10.
c. (Cleaning grapes of,) of the elect. Isa 24:13.