• Divine institution of Gen 2:15; 3:19, 23
• Practiced by:
– Cain Gen 4:2
– Noah Gen 9:20
– Elisha 1Kgs 19:19
– David 1Chr 27:26-31
– Uzziah 2Chr 26:10
– Solomon Eccl 2:4-6
• God to be acknowledged in Jer 5:24; Hos 2:8
• Requires:
– Requires: Isa 28:26
– Diligence Prov 27:23,27; Eccl 11:6
– Patience Jas 5:7
– Toil 2Tim 2:6
• Persons engaged in, called:
– Husbandmen 2Chr 26:10
– Laborers Matt 9:37; 20:1
– Tillers of the ground Gen 4:2
• Planters of vineyards exempted from military service
– Fruits blasted because of sin Deut 20:6; Isa 5:10; 7:23; Jer 12:13; Joel 1:10-11
– Laws concerning Exod 22:5-6; 34:21-22; 20:9; 23:12; Deut 5:13-14; Lev 19:9-10, 19, 23-25; 25:2-12; Exod 23:10-11; Lev 25:15-16, 19-28; Deut 22:9-10; 23:24-25; Matt 12:1; Deut 24:19-21; Prov 3:9-10; Eccl 5:9; Prov 27:23-27
• Facts about
– General references Gen 8:22; 1Sam 13:19-21; Isa 28:24-28; Matt 13:3-8; 2Cor 9:6; Gal 6:7 Husbandman
• Figurative:
– Fallow ground Jer 4:3
– Sowing wheat, but reaping thorns Jer 12:13
– Parable of the sower Matt 13:3-8, 19-23; Luke 8:5-15
– Parable of the tares Matt 13:24-30, 36-43