Leviticus 25:10

And let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from debt: it is the Jubilee, and every man may go back to his heritage and to his family.

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And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

In Context

9Then let the loud horn be sounded far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of taking away sin let the horn be sounded through all your land.

11Let this fiftieth year be the Jubilee: no seed may be planted, and that which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes may not be taken from the uncared-for vines.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:2I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

Leviticus 25:26And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;

Leviticus 25:41Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the property of his fathers.

Leviticus 27:22And if a man gives to the Lord a field which he has got for money from another, which is not part of his heritage;

Numbers 36:4And at the time of the Jubilee of the children of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe of our fathers.

Psalms 146:7Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:9-23

Institution of the Jubilee; the Year of the Jubilee. ( b. c. 1490.) 8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the… Read the whole commentary →

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