Vineyards

Origin and antiquity of — Ge 9:20.

The design of planting — Ps 107:37; 1Co 9:7.

Frequently walled or fenced with hedges — Nu 22:24; Pr 24:31; Isa 5:2,5.

Cottages built in, for the keepers — Isa 1:8.

Provided with the apparatus for making wine — Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33.

The stones carefully gathered out of — Isa 5:2.

Laws respecting

Not to be planted with different kinds of seed. — De 22:9.

Not to be cultivated in the Sabbatical year. — Ex 23:11; Le 25:4.

The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year. — Le 25:5,11.

Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to. — Ex 22:5.

Strangers entering, allowed to eat fruit of, but not to take any away. — De 23:24.

The gleaning of, to be left for the poor. — Le 19:10; De 24:21.

The fruit of new, not to be eaten for three years. — Le 19:23.

The fruit of new, to be holy to the Lord in the fourth year. — Le 19:24.

The fruit of new, to be eaten by the owners from the fifth year. — Le 19:25.

Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten of the fruit. — De 20:6.

Frequently let out to husbandmen — Song 8:11; Mt 21:33.

Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit — Mt 21:34.

Were often mortgaged — Ne 5:3,4.

Estimated rent of — Song 8:11; Isa 7:23.

Estimated profit arising from, to the cultivators — Song 8:12.

The poor engaged in the culture of — 2Ki 25:12; Isa 61:5.

Members of the family often wrought in — Song 1:6; Mt 21:28-30.

Mode of hiring and paying labourers for working in — Mt 20:1,2.

Of the kings of Israel superintended by officers of the state — 1Ch 27:27.

The vintage or ingathering of

Was a time of great rejoicing. — Isa 16:10.

Sometimes continued to the time of sowing seed. — Le 26:5.

Failure in, occasioned great grief. — Isa 16:9,10.

Of red grapes particularly esteemed — Isa 27:2.

The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies — Jer 48:32.

The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c — De 28:39; Am 4:9.

In unfavourable seasons produced but little wine — Isa 5:10; Hag 1:9,11.

The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of — Am 5:11; Zep 1:13.

The Rechabites forbidden to plant — Jer 35:7-9.

Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste — Pr 24:30,31.

Illustrative

Of the Jewish Church. — Isa 5:7; 27:2; Jer 12:10; Mt 21:23.

(Failure of,) of severe calamities. — Isa 32:10.

(Cleaning grapes of,) of the elect. — Isa 24:13.