Bible/Topics/VINEYARDS
VINEYARDS[edit | edit source]
Torrey's New Topical Textbook[edit | edit source]
Origin and antiquity of
The design of planting
Frequently walled or fenced with hedges
Cottages built in, for the keepers
Provided with the apparatus for making wine
The stones carefully gathered out of
LAWS RESPECTING
Frequently let out to husbandmen
Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit
Were often mortgaged
Estimated rent of
The poor engaged in the culture of
Members of the family often wrought in
Mode of hiring and paying labourers for working in
Of the kings of Israel superintended by officers of the state
THE VINTAGE OR INGATHERING OF
Of red grapes particularly esteemed
The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies
The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c
In unfavourable seasons produced but little wine
The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of
The Rechabites forbidden to plant
Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste
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