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682. Hiring Laborers

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible By: James M. Freeman

Matthew 20:1

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Matthew 20:1¹For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. (Matthew 20:1). Went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

Lightfoot (Hone Hebraicae) gives several citations from Jewish writers to show that the customary time of working was “from sun-rising to the appearing of the stars, and not from break of day.” The laborers, however, may have been hired before sunrise.

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