The Liberation of the Sabbath and Jubilee years
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The Sabbath Year Liberation: Exodus 23:10-11; Leviticus 25:1-7; 18-22 Deuteronomy 15:1-11 |
The Jubilee Liberation: Leviticus 25:8-17; 28-55; Deuteronomy 15:1-11; every 7th Sabbath year is a Jubilee |
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1. Rest for the land every
7th year; do not plant the fields [Leviticus 25:2-7] |
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the land would be redeemed and rest, no crops can be sown the land must lay
fallow [Leviticus 25:11-12; -17] |
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2. All debts remitted in the 7th year [Deuteronomy 15:1-2] |
2. All debts are to be forgiven [Deuteronomy 15:1-2] |
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3. all Israelite slaves
& their children are to be freed [Leviticus 25:35-55] an Israelite can only be enslaved for a 7 year period outside of a Jubilee year [Deuteronomy 15:12-16] |
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4. the land would be freed
to revert to the tribal family originally entrusted with it [Leviticus 25:10, 13, 23-34] |
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