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Themes in Leviticus 25

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Themes in Leviticus 25

Leviticus 25:1 (show verse)

And Yahweh spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai, saying -

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

Leviticus 25:2 (show verse)

Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them: - When ye enter into the land which, I, am giving you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Yahweh.

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)

Six years, shalt thou sow thy field, and, six years, shalt thou prune thy vineyard, - and gather the increase thereof;

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, in the seventh year - a sabbath of sacred rest, shall there be unto the land, a sabbath unto Yahweh: thy field, shalt thou not sow, and, thy vineyard, shalt thou not prune;

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)

that which groweth of itself of thy harvest, shalt thou not reap; and the grapes of thine unpruned vines, shalt thou not cut off: a year of sacred rest, shall there be to 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)

So shall the sabbath of the land be unto you for food: unto thee, and unto thy servant and unto thy handmaid, - and unto thy hireling, and unto thy settlers that are sojourning with thee;

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)

and unto thy tame-beasts, and unto the wild-beasts that are in thy land, shall belong all the increase thereof for food.

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)

And thou shalt count to thee seven weeks of years, seven years, seven times, - so shall the days of the seven weeks of years become to thee forty-nine years.

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 shalt thou cause a signal-horn to pass through in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month: on the Day of Propitiation, shall ye cause a horn to pass throughout all your land.

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

So shall ye hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim freedom throughout the land to all the dwellers thereof, - a jubilee, shall it be unto you, and ye shall return, every man unto his possession, and every man unto his family, shall ye return.

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)

A jubilee, shall that fiftieth year be unto you, - ye shall not sow, neither shall ye reap the self-grown corn thereof, nor cut off the grapes of the unpruned vines thereof.

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)

For, a jubilee, it is, holy, shall it be unto you, - out of the field, shall ye eat her increase.

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 same jubilee year, shall ye return every man unto his possession.

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)

And when ye sell anything to thy neighbour, or buy aught at thy neighbour's hand, do not overreach 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)

By the number of years after the jubilee, shalt thou buy of thy neighbour, - by the number of the years of increase, shall he sell unto thee;

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)

according to the multitude of the years, shalt thou increase the price thereof, and, according to the fewness of the years, shalt thou diminish the price thereof, - because the sum of the increase, it is that he selleth thee.

Leviticus 25:17 (show verse)

So then ye shall not overreach one another; but thou shalt stand in awe of thy God, - for, I - Yahweh, am your God.

Leviticus 25:18 (show verse)

Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and my regulations, shall ye observe and do them, - so shall ye dwell upon the land with confidence;

Jubilee » Laws concerning
Safety » Who shall be safe

Leviticus 25:19 (show verse)

and the land shall yield her fruit; and ye shall eat to the full, - and shall dwell with confidence thereupon.

Jubilee » Laws concerning

Leviticus 25:20 (show verse)

And since ye may say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? Lo! we are not to sow, neither are we to gather our increase!

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)

Therefore will I command my blessing upon you, in the sixth year, - and it shall make the increase of three years;

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

Leviticus 25:22 (show verse)

and ye shall sow, the eighth year, and eat of old store, - until the ninth year until the coming in of the increase thereof, shall ye eat old store.

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

Leviticus 25:23 (show verse)

The land moreover shall not be sold beyond recovery, for, mine, is the land, - for, sojourners and settlers, ye are with me.

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)

And, in all the land of your possession, a right of redemption, shall ye give to the land.

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)

When thy brother waxeth poor, and so selleth aught of his possession, then may his kinsman that is near unto him come in, and redeem that which was sold by his brother.

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)

And, when, any man, hath no kinsman, - but his own hand getteth enough, so that he findeth what is needed to redeem it,

Leviticus 25:27 (show verse)

then shall he reckon the years since he sold it, and restore the overplus to the man to whom he sold it, - and shall return to his possession.

Leviticus 25:28 (show verse)

But, if his hand have not found enough to get it back unto him, then shall that which he sold remain in the hand of him that bought it, until the year of the jubilee, - and shall go out in the jubilee, and he shall return unto his possession.

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)

And, when, any man, selleth a dwelling-house in a walled city, then shall his right of redemption remain until the completion of a year after he sold it, - for, a year of days, shall his right of redemption remain.

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)

But, if it be not redeemed before the end of a full year, then shall the house that is in the city that hath walls be confirmed, beyond recovery, to him who bought it, unto his generations, - it shall not go out in 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 as for the houses of villages which have no wall round about them, with the fields of land, shall it be reckoned, - a right of redemption, shall belong to it, and, in the jubilee, shall it go out.

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)

And as for the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, an age-abiding right of redemption, shall pertain unto the Levites.

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)

And, if one of the Levites should not redeem, then shall the sale of the house and the city of his possession go out in the jubilee; for, the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession, in the midst of the sons of Israel.

Leviticus 25:34 (show verse)

But the field of the pasture-land of their cities, shall not be sold, - for an age-abiding possession, it is unto them.

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)

And, when thy brother waxeth poor, and his hand becometh feeble with thee, then shalt thou strengthen him, as a sojourner and a settler, so shall he live with thee.

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 accept from him interest or profit, but stand thou in awe of thy God, - so shall thy brother live with thee.

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)

Thy silver, shalt thou not give him on interest, - neither, for profit, shalt thou give him thy food.

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 - Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, - to give unto you the land of Canaan, to become 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)

And when thy brother waxeth poor with thee, and so selleth himself unto thee, thou shalt not bind him with the bondage of a bondman:

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)

as a hired servant, as a settler, shall he remain with thee, - until the year of the jubilee, shall he serve with thee:

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 shall he go forth from thee, he and his sons with him, - and shall return unto his family, and unto the possession of his fathers, shall he return.

Leviticus 25:42 (show verse)

For, my bondmen, they are, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt, - they shall not sell themselves with the sale of a bondman.

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

Leviticus 25:43 (show verse)

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour, - so shalt thou stand in awe of thy 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)

And as for thy bondman and thy bond-maid which thou shalt have, of the nations that are round about you - from them, may ye buy bondman and bond-maid.

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)

Moreover also, of the sons of the settlers who are sojourning with you - of them, may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land, - so shall they become yours, as a possession;

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)

and ye may take them as an inheritance for your sons after you to inherit as a possession, unto times age-abiding, of them, may ye take to be bondmen, - but, over your brethren the sons of Israel - a man over his brother, ye shall not rule, over him with rigour.

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)

And, when the hand of the sojourner and settler with thee getteth possessions, and thy brother with him, waxeth poor, - and so he selleth himself to the sojourner who is a settler with thee, or to one who hath taken root, of the family of the sojourner,

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)

after that he hath sold himself, a right of redemption, pertaineth to him, - one of his brethren, 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)

or, his uncle or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or, a near flesh-relation of his, of his family, may redeem him, or, his own hand may have gotten enough, and, so he may redeem himself.

Leviticus 25:50 (show verse)

Then shall he reckon with him that bought him, from the year that he was sold to him, unto the year of the jubilee, - and the silver for which he was sold shall be by the number of years, according to the days of a hired servant, shall he be with him.

Leviticus 25:51 (show verse)

If there is yet a multitude of years, according to them, shall he return, as his redemption price, of the silver of him that bought him.

Leviticus 25:52 (show verse)

Or, if there is but a small remainder of years, until the year of the jubilee, then shall he reckon to himself, according to the years thereof, shall he return his price of redemption.

Leviticus 25:53 (show verse)

As a servant hired year by year, shall he be with him, he shall not rule over him with rigour, before thine eyes.

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)

But if he be not redeemed in any of these ways, then shall he go out in the jubilee year, he, and his sons with him.

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, unto me, are the sons of Israel, bondmen, my bondmen, they are, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I, Yahweh, am 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