Leviticus 25:10
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim freedom throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return, every man, unto his possession, and ye shall return, every man, unto his family.
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Exodus 20:2I am the Lord thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Leviticus 25:26And if the man have none to redeem it, and he acquire the means, sufficient to be able to redeem it himself:
Leviticus 25:41And then shall he depart from thee, he and his children with him; and he shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
Leviticus 27:22And if a man sanctify a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession, unto the Lord:
Numbers 36:4And whenever the jubilee shall be to the children of Israel: then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereamong they may be married; and from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers will their inheritance be taken away.
Psalms 146:7Who executeth justice for the oppressed: who giveth bread to the hungry: the Lord looseneth the prisoners;
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 →