Agriculture or Husbandry

Agriculture or Husbandry
The cultivation of the earth — Genesis 3:23.

The occupation of man before the fall — Genesis 2:15.

Rendered laborious by the curse on the earth — Genesis 3:17-19.

Man doomed to labour in, after the fall — Genesis 3:23.

Contributes to the support of all — Ecclesiastes 5:9.

The providence of God to be acknowledged in the produce of — Jeremiah 5:24; Hosea 2:8.

Requires

  • Wisdom. — Isaiah 28:26.
  • Diligence. — Proverbs 27:23-27; Ecclesiastes 11:6.
  • Toil. — 2Timothy 2:6.
  • Patience in waiting. — James 5:7.

Diligence in, abundantly recompensed — Proverbs 12:11; 13:23; 28:19; Hebrews 6:7.

Persons engaged in, called

  • Tillers of the ground. — Genesis 4:2.
  • Husbandmen. — 2 Chronicles 26:10.
  • Labourers. — Matthew 9:37; 20:1.

Peace favourable to — Isaiah 2:4; Jeremiah 31:24.

War destructive to — Jeremiah 50:16; 51:23.

Patriarchs engaged in — Genesis 4:2; 9:20.

The labour of, supposed to be lessened by Noah — Genesis 5:29; 9:20.

The Jews loved and followed — Judges 6:11; 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Chronicles 26:10.

Soil of Canaan suited to — Genesis 13:10; Deuteronomy 8:7-9.

Climate of Canaan favourable to — Deuteronomy 11:10,11.

Was promoted amongst the Jews by

  • Allotments to each family. — Numbers 36:7-9.
  • The rights of redemption. — Leviticus 25:23-28.
  • Separation from other nations. — Exodus 33:16.
  • The prohibition against usury. — Exodus 22:25.
  • The promises of God’s blessings on. — Leviticus 26:4; Deuteronomy 7:13; 11:14,15.

Enactments to protect

  • Not to covet the fields of another. — Deuteronomy 5:21.
  • Not to move landmarks. — Deuteronomy 19:14; Proverbs 22:28.
  • Not to cut down crops of another. — Deuteronomy 23:25.
  • Against the trespass of cattle. — Exodus 22:5.
  • Against injuring the produce of. — Exodus 22:5.

Often performed by hirelings — 1 Chronicles 27:26; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Matthew 20:8; Luke 17:7.

Not to be engaged in during the Sabbatical year — Exodus 23:10,11.

Produce of, given as rent for land — Matthew 21:33,34.

Produce of, often blasted because of sin — Isaiah 5:10; 7:23; Jeremiah 12:13; Joel 1:10,11.

Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of — Joel 1:11; Amos 5:16,17.

Produce of, exported — 1 Kings 5:11; Ezekiel 27:17.

Operations in

  • Hedging. — Isaiah 5:2,5; Hosea 2:6.
  • Ploughing. — Job 1:14.
  • Digging. — Isaiah 5:6; Luke 13:8; 16:3.
  • Manuring. — Isaiah 25:10; Luke 14:34,35.
  • Harrowing. — Job 39:10; Isaiah 28:24.
  • Gathering out the stones. — Isaiah 5:2.
  • Sowing. — Ecclesiastes 11:4; Isaiah 32:20; Matthew 13:3.
  • Planting. — Proverbs 31:16; Isaiah 44:14; Jeremiah 31:5.
  • Watering. — Deuteronomy 11:10; 1Co 3:6-8.
  • Weeding. — Matthew 13:28.
  • Grafting. — Romans 11:17-19,24.
  • Pruning. — Leviticus 25:3; Isaiah 5:6; John 15:2.
  • Mowing. — Psalm 129:7; Amos 7:1.
  • Reaping. — Isaiah 17:5.
  • Binding. — Genesis 37:7; Matthew 13:30.
  • Gleaning. — Leviticus 19:9; Ruth 2:3.
  • Stacking. — Exodus 22:6.
  • Threshing. — Deuteronomy 25:4; Judges 6:11.
  • Winnowing. — Ruth 3:2; Matthew 3:12.
  • Storing in barns. — Matthew 6:26; 13:30.

Beasts used in

  • The ox. — Deuteronomy 25:4.
  • The ass. — Deuteronomy 22:10.
  • The horse. — Isaiah 28:28.

Implements of

  • The plough. — 1 Samuel 13:20.
  • The harrow. — 2 Samuel 12:31.
  • The mattock. — 1 Samuel 13:20; Isaiah 7:25.
  • The sickle. — Deuteronomy 16:9; 23:25.
  • The pruning-hook. — Isaiah 18:5; Joel 3:10.
  • The fork. — 1 Samuel 13:21.
  • The axe. — 1 Samuel 13:20.
  • The teethed threshing instrument. — Isaiah 41:15.
  • The flail, &c. — Isaiah 28:27.
  • The cart. — 1 Samuel 6:7; Isaiah 28:27,28.
  • The shovel. — Isaiah 30:24.
  • The sieve. — Amos 9:9.
  • The fan. — Isaiah 30:24; Matthew 3:12.

Illustrative of

  • Culture of the Church. — 1Co 3:9.
  • Culture of the heart. — Jeremiah 4:3; Hosea 10:12.

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