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Themes in Leviticus 25

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Themes in Leviticus 25

Leviticus 25:1 (show verse)

The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai:

Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » The law delivered to moses upon

Leviticus 25:2 (show verse)

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you, the land will observe a Sabbath to the Lord.

Feast of sabbatical year » A sabbath for the land
Holiday » One year in seven
Holy land » A sabbath of rest appointed for
Sanitation » Rest commanded

Leviticus 25:3 (show verse)

You may sow your field for six years, and you may prune your vineyard and gather its produce for six years.

Agriculture » General references to
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Pruning
Grape » Cultivation of
Holiday » One year in seven
Holy land » A sabbath of rest appointed for
Sanitation » Rest commanded
The vine » Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness

Leviticus 25:4 (show verse)

But there will be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land in the seventh year, a Sabbath to the Lord: you are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.

Feast of sabbatical year » Kept every seventh year
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor
Holiday » One year in seven
Holy land » A sabbath of rest appointed for
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » To rest
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Not to be sown during the sabbatical year
Vineyards » Laws respecting » Not to be cultivated in the sabbatical year
Year » Sabbatic
Years » Remarkable » Sabbatical

Leviticus 25:5 (show verse)

You are not to reap what grows by itself from your crop, or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. It must be a year of complete rest for the land.

Agriculture » Operations in » Reaping, laws concerning
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor
Harvest » Omitted in the sabbatical year
Holiday » One year in seven
Holy land » A sabbath of rest appointed for
Reaping » Reaping, laws concerning
Reaping » The jews not to reap » During the sabbatical year
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Vineyards » Laws respecting » The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year
Year » Land to rest for one, in seven
Year » Annual feasts

Leviticus 25:6 (show verse)

Whatever the land produces during the Sabbath year can be food for you—for yourself, your male or female slave, and the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you.

Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » The fruits of the earth to be common property
Holiday » One year in seven
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Hired » To partake of the produce of the land the sabbatical year

Leviticus 25:7 (show verse)

All of its growth may serve as food for your livestock and the wild animals in your land.

Beasts » Domestic » To be taken care of
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » The fruits of the earth to be common property
Holiday » One year in seven
Sanitation » Rest commanded

Leviticus 25:8 (show verse)

“You are to count seven sabbatical years, seven times seven years, so that the time period of the seven sabbatical years amounts to 49.

Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Held every fiftieth year
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Seven » Years

Leviticus 25:9 (show verse)

Then you are to sound a trumpet loudly in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month; you will sound it throughout your land on the Day of Atonement.

Atonement » Day of » Time of
The day of atonement » Year of jubilee commenced on
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Ethanim » Jubilee proclaimed on the tenth day of
Feast of jubilee » Proclaimed by trumpets
Feast of jubilee » Began upon the day of atonement
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Month » Ethanim (october) » Jubilee proclaimed in
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Trumpet » The jubilee introduced by blowing of
Trumpet » At the jubilee

Leviticus 25:10 (show verse)

You are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom in the land for all its inhabitants. It will be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and each of you to his clan.

Civil liberty » General references to civil
Emancipation » Of hebrew servants
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Restoration of all inheritances
Feast of jubilee » Held every fiftieth year
Holy land » All inheritances in, inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Liberty » General references to civil
Liberty » Proclaimed in the year of jubilee
Christian Liberty » Typified
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » All israelites sold as, to be free at the jubilee
The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Civil liberty, general references to
Year » Of jubilee

Leviticus 25:11 (show verse)

The fiftieth year will be your Jubilee; you are not to sow, reap what grows by itself, or harvest its untended vines.

Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor
Grape » Cultivation of
Harvest » Omitted in year of jubilee
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Christian Liberty » Typified
Reaping » The jews not to reap » During the year of jubilee
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Not to be sown in year of jubilee
Vineyards » Laws respecting » The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year
Years » Remarkable » Jubilee

Leviticus 25:12 (show verse)

It is to be holy to you because it is the Jubilee; you may only eat its produce directly from the field.

Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » The fruits of the earth to be common property
Feast of jubilee » Was specially holy
Harvest » Omitted in year of jubilee
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Christian Liberty » Typified
Sanitation » Rest commanded

Leviticus 25:13 (show verse)

“In this Year of Jubilee, each of you will return to his property.

Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Restoration of all inheritances
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Christian Liberty » Typified

Leviticus 25:14 (show verse)

If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.

Commerce » Of the jews » Under strict laws
Commerce » Laws concerning
Creditor » Laws concerning
Debtor » Laws concerning
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Christian Liberty » Typified

Leviticus 25:15 (show verse)

You are to make the purchase from your neighbor based on the number of years since the last Jubilee. He is to sell to you based on the number of remaining harvest years.

Creditor » Laws concerning
Debtor » Laws concerning
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Sale of property calculated from
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Christian Liberty » Typified
Time » Eras from which, computed » The jubilee

Leviticus 25:16 (show verse)

You are to increase its price in proportion to a greater amount of years, and decrease its price in proportion to a lesser amount of years, because what he is selling to you is a number of harvests.

Leviticus 25:17 (show verse)

You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am Yahweh your God.

Leviticus 25:18 (show verse)

“You are to keep My statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.

Jubilee » Laws concerning
Safety » Who shall be safe

Leviticus 25:19 (show verse)

Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat, be satisfied, and live securely in the land.

Jubilee » Laws concerning

Leviticus 25:20 (show verse)

If you wonder: ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we don’t sow or gather our produce?’

Feast of sabbatical year » Surplus of sixth year to provide for
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Not to be sown during the sabbatical year

Leviticus 25:21 (show verse)

I will appoint My blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years.

Feast of sabbatical year » Surplus of sixth year to provide for
Jubilee » Laws concerning

Leviticus 25:22 (show verse)

When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest. You will be eating this until the ninth year when its harvest comes in.

Feast of sabbatical year » Surplus of sixth year to provide for
Jubilee » Laws concerning

Leviticus 25:23 (show verse)

“The land is not to be permanently sold because it is Mine, and you are only foreigners and temporary residents on My land.

Agriculture or husbandry » Was promoted amongst the jews, by » The rights of redemption
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Redemption of sold property
God » Ownership of » Of the natural world
Holy land » All inheritances in, inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Belongs to God
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Land » Original title to, from God
divine Ownership » Of the natural world
Real estate » Land reverts to original owner in the year of jubilee
Titles and names of saints » Sojourners with God

Leviticus 25:24 (show verse)

You are to allow the redemption of any land you occupy.

Agriculture or husbandry » Was promoted amongst the jews, by » The rights of redemption
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Redemption of sold property
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning

Leviticus 25:25 (show verse)

If your brother becomes destitute and sells part of his property, his nearest relative may come and redeem what his brother has sold.

Agriculture or husbandry » Was promoted amongst the jews, by » The rights of redemption
Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Redemption of sold property
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Redemption » Of persons or property

Leviticus 25:26 (show verse)

If a man has no family redeemer, but he prospers and obtains enough to redeem his land,

Leviticus 25:27 (show verse)

he may calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man he sold it to, and return to his property.

But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in the possession of its purchaser until the Year of Jubilee. It is to be released at the Jubilee, so that he may return to his property.

Agriculture or husbandry » Was promoted amongst the jews, by » The rights of redemption
Debtor » Laws concerning
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Redemption » Of persons or property
Year » Of jubilee

Leviticus 25:29 (show verse)

“If a man sells a residence in a walled city, his right of redemption will last until a year has passed after its sale; his right of redemption will last a year.

Debtor » Laws concerning
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Property » In real estate » Dwellings » Alienated for debt
Redemption » Of persons or property
Year » Redemption of houses sold, limited to one

Leviticus 25:30 (show verse)

If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its purchaser throughout his generations. It is not to be released on the Jubilee.

Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of jubilee » Houses » Wall cities
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Property » In real estate » Dwellings » Alienated for debt
Redemption » Of persons or property
Year » Redemption of houses sold, limited to one

Leviticus 25:31 (show verse)

But houses in villages that have no walls around them are to be classified as open fields. The right to redeem such houses stays in effect, and they are to be released at the Jubilee.

Debtor » Laws concerning
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Property » In real estate » Dwellings » In villages, inalienable
Redemption » Of persons or property
Walls » Small towns and villages were not surrounded by

Leviticus 25:32 (show verse)

“Concerning the Levitical cities, the Levites always have the right to redeem houses in the cities they possess.

Cities » Different kinds of » Levitical
Debtor » Laws concerning
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Levites » Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt
Priest » Benefits of » Provided with cities and suburbs
Property » In real estate » Dwellings » In villages, inalienable
Redemption » Of persons or property

Leviticus 25:33 (show verse)

Whatever property one of the Levites can redeem—a house sold in a city they possess—must be released at the Jubilee, because the houses in the Levitical cities are their possession among the Israelites.

Leviticus 25:34 (show verse)

The open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for it is their permanent possession.

Debtor » Laws concerning
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Levites » Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt
Priest » Benefits of » Provided with cities and suburbs
Redemption » Of persons or property

Leviticus 25:35 (show verse)

“If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among you, you are to support him as a foreigner or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you.

Alms » Almsgiving, general advice concerning
Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
Almsgiving » General advice concerning
Creditor » Laws concerning
Debtor » Laws concerning
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Liberality » Should be exercised » Toward strangers
Love to man » Should be exhibited in » Relieving strangers
Missionaries » In visiting and relieving the poor, the sick, &c
Philanthropy » General advice concerning
The poor » Relieve
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Social duties » Almsgiving, general advice concerning
Strangers » Kindness to the poor of, required
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To be relieved in distress
Usury » Forbidden
Usury » Not laying usury upon your brother
Usury or interest » The jews » Forbidden to take, from brethren specially when poor

Leviticus 25:36 (show verse)

Do not profit or take interest from him, but fear your God and let your brother live among you.

Business life » Debts » Usury, forbidden
Credit system » Debts » Usury, forbidden
Creditor » Laws concerning
Creditors » Prohibited from » Exacting usury from brethren
Debtor » Laws concerning
Interest » loaning » Money
Jubilee » Laws concerning
The poor » Take no usury from
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Strangers » Kindness to the poor of, required
Usury » Forbidden
Usury » Not laying usury upon your brother
Usury or interest » The jews » Forbidden to take, from brethren specially when poor

Leviticus 25:37 (show verse)

You are not to lend him your silver with interest or sell him your food for profit.

Creditor » Laws concerning
Creditors » Prohibited from » Exacting usury from brethren
Debtor » Laws concerning
Interest » loaning » Money
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Money » Jews forbidden to take usury for
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Strangers » Kindness to the poor of, required
Usury » Forbidden
Usury » Not laying usury upon your brother
Usury or interest » The jews » Forbidden to take, from brethren specially when poor
Usury or interest » The lending of money or other property for increase

Leviticus 25:38 (show verse)

I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

Debtor » Laws concerning
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Strangers » Kindness to the poor of, required
Usury » Not laying usury upon your brother

Leviticus 25:39 (show verse)

“If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, you must not force him to do slave labor.

Debtor » Laws concerning
Jubilee » Laws concerning
The poor » Rule not, with rigor
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » Defaulting debtors made
Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites not to be treated with rigor
Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving their brethren to be treated as

Leviticus 25:40 (show verse)

Let him stay with you as a hired hand or temporary resident; he may work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Release of hebrew servants
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » All israelites sold as, to be free at the jubilee
Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites not to be treated with rigor
Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving their brethren to be treated as

Leviticus 25:41 (show verse)

Then he and his children are to be released from you, and he may return to his clan and his ancestral property.

Leviticus 25:42 (show verse)

They are not to be sold as slaves, because they are My slaves that I brought out of the land of Egypt.

Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Figurative
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning

Leviticus 25:43 (show verse)

You are not to rule over them harshly but fear your God.

Jubilee » Laws concerning
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to rule over them with rigor
The poor » Rule not, with rigor
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » Kindness to, commanded

Leviticus 25:44 (show verse)

Your male and female slaves are to be from the nations around you; you may purchase male and female slaves.

Aliens » Jews authorized to purchase, as slaves
Gentiles » The jews » Permitted to have, as servants
the Heathen » Degradation of
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Persons belonging to other nations might be purchased as
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Authorized bondservice of
Strangers in israel » Chiefly consisted of » Foreign servants
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » The jews might purchase and have them as slaves

Leviticus 25:45 (show verse)

You may also purchase them from the foreigners staying with you, or from their families living among you—those born in your land. These may become your property.

Aliens » Jews authorized to purchase, as slaves
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Strangers sojourning in israel might be purchased as
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Authorized bondservice of
Strangers in israel » Chiefly consisted of » Foreign servants
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » The jews might purchase and have them as slaves

Leviticus 25:46 (show verse)

You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly.

Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites not to be treated with rigor
Servants » Divided into » Bond

Leviticus 25:47 (show verse)

“If a foreigner or temporary resident living among you prospers, but your brother living near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner living among you, or to a member of the foreigner’s clan,

Debtor » Laws concerning
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Redemption » Typified » Bond-servant
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » Voluntary servitude of
Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving strangers to be treated as
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their nearest of kin
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Might purchase hebrew servants subject to release

Leviticus 25:48 (show verse)

he has the right of redemption after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him.

Debtor » Laws concerning
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Redemption » Typified » Bond-servant
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their nearest of kin
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Might purchase hebrew servants subject to release

Leviticus 25:49 (show verse)

His uncle or cousin may redeem him, or any of his close relatives from his clan may redeem him. If he prospers, he may redeem himself.

Leviticus 25:50 (show verse)

The one who purchased him is to calculate the time from the year he sold himself to him until the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years. It will be set for him like the daily wages of a hired hand.

Leviticus 25:51 (show verse)

If many years are still left, he must pay his redemption price in proportion to them based on his purchase price.

Leviticus 25:52 (show verse)

If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he will calculate and pay the price of his redemption in proportion to his remaining years.

Leviticus 25:53 (show verse)

He will stay with him like a man hired year by year. A foreign owner is not to rule over him harshly in your sight.

Debtor » Laws concerning
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Redemption » Typified » Bond-servant
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Hired » Treatment of, more considerate than that of slaves
Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving strangers to be treated as
Servants » Hired » Engaged by the year
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their nearest of kin

Leviticus 25:54 (show verse)

If he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children are to be released at the Year of Jubilee.

Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Release of hebrew servants
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Redemption » Typified » Bond-servant
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » All israelites sold as, to be free at the jubilee
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their nearest of kin

Leviticus 25:55 (show verse)

For the Israelites are My slaves. They are My slaves that I brought out of the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.

Debtor » Laws concerning
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Figurative
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their nearest of kin