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Agriculture or Husbandry

The cultivation of the earth—Ge 3:23

The occupation of man before the fall—Ge 2:15

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

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

Contributes to the support of all—Ec 5:9

The providence of God to be acknowledged in the produce of—Jer 5:24; Ho 2:8

REQUIRES

• Wisdom
• —Isa 28:26
• Diligence
• —Pr 27:23-27; Ec 11:6
• Toil
• —2Ti 2:6
• Patience in waiting
• —Jas 5:7

Diligence in, abundantly recompensed—Pr 12:11; 13:23; 28:19; Heb 6:7

PERSONS ENGAGED IN, CALLED

• Tillers of the ground
• —Ge 4:2
• Husbandmen
• —2Ch 26:10
• Labourers
• —Mt 9:37; 20:1

Peace favourable to—Isa 2:4; Jer 31:24

War destructive to—Jer 50:16; 51:23

Patriarchs engaged in—Ge 4:2; 9:20

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

The Jews loved and followed—Jud 6:11; 1Ki 19:19; 2Ch 26:10

Soil of Canaan suited to—Ge 13:10; De 8:7-9

Climate of Canaan favourable to—De 11:10,11

WAS PROMOTED AMONGST THE JEWS BY

• Allotments to each family
• —Nu 36:7-9
• The rights of redemption
• —Le 25:23-28
• Separation from other nations
• —Ex 33:16
• The prohibition against usury
• —Ex 22:25
• The promises of God's blessings on
• —Le 26:4; De 7:13; 11:14,15

ENACTMENTS TO PROTECT

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

Often performed by hirelings—1Ch 27:26; 2Ch 26:10; Mt 20:8; Lu 17:7

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

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

Produce of, often blasted because of sin—Isa 5:10; 7:23; Jer 12:13; Joe 1:10,11

Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of—Joe 1:11; Am 5:16,17

Produce of, exported—1Ki 5:11; Eze 27:17

OPERATIONS IN

• Hedging
• —Isa 5:2,5; Ho 2:6
• Ploughing
• —Job 1:14
• Digging
• —Isa 5:6; Lu 13:8; 16:3
• Manuring
• —Isa 25:10; Lu 14:34,35
• Harrowing
• —Job 39:10; Isa 28:24
• Gathering out the stones
• —Isa 5:2
• Sowing
• —Ec 11:4; Isa 32:20; Mt 13:3
• Planting
• —Pr 31:16; Isa 44:14; Jer 31:5
• Watering
• —De 11:10; 1Co 3:6-8
• Weeding
• —Mt 13:28
• Grafting
• —Ro 11:17-19,24
• Pruning
• —Le 25:3; Isa 5:6; Joh 15:2
• Mowing
• —Ps 129:7; Am 7:1
• Reaping
• —Isa 17:5
• Binding
• —Ge 37:7; Mt 13:30
• Gleaning
• —Le 19:9; Ru 2:3
• Stacking
• —Ex 22:6
• Threshing
• —De 25:4; Jud 6:11
• Winnowing
• —Ru 3:2; Mt 3:12
• Storing in barns
• —Mt 6:26; 13:30

BEASTS USED IN

• The ox
• —De 25:4
• The ass
• —De 22:10
• The horse
• —Isa 28:28

IMPLEMENTS OF

• The plough
• —1Sa 13:20
• The harrow
• —2Sa 12:31
• The mattock
• —1Sa 13:20; Isa 7:25
• The sickle
• —De 16:9; 23:25
• The pruning-hook
• —Isa 18:5; Joe 3:10
• The fork
• —1Sa 13:21
• The axe
• —1Sa 13:20
• The teethed threshing instrument
• —Isa 41:15
• The flail, &c
• —Isa 28:27
• The cart
• —1Sa 6:7; Isa 28:27,28
• The shovel
• —Isa 30:24
• The sieve
• —Am 9:9
• The fan
• —Isa 30:24; Mt 3:12

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• Culture of the Church
• —1Co 3:9
• Culture of the heart
• —Jer 4:3; Ho 10:12