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Themes in Leviticus 25

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Themes in Leviticus 25

Leviticus 25:1 (show verse)

Jehovah spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and commanded:

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

Leviticus 25:2 (show verse)

Give the following regulations to the people of Israel: 'When you enter the land that Jehovah is giving you, honor Jehovah by not cultivating the land every seventh year.

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)

Plant your fields, prune your vineyards, and gather your crops 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 the seventh year is to be a sabbath year of complete rest for the land. It is a year dedicated to Jehovah. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards.

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)

Do not even harvest the grain that grows by itself without being planted. Do not gather the grapes from your unpruned vines. It is 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)

Even though the land has not been cultivated during that year, it will provide food for you, your slaves, your hired men, the foreigners living 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)

your domestic animals, and the wild animals in your fields. Everything that it produces may be eaten.

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)

Count seven times seven years (seven sabbaths of years), a total of 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, on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement, send someone to blow a trumpet throughout the whole 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

In this way you will set the fiftieth year apart and proclaim freedom to all the inhabitants of the land. During this year all property that has been sold must be restored to the original owner or the descendants, and any who have been sold as slaves may return to their families.

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)

That fiftieth year will be your jubilee year. Do not plant or harvest what grows by itself or pick grapes from the vines in the land.

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)

The jubilee year will be holy to you. You will eat what the field itself produces.

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 jubilee year every slave will be freed in order to 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)

In the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to 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)

Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your friend; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops.

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)

In proportion to the extent of the years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to the fewness of the years you shall diminish its price, for it is a number of crops he is selling to you.

Leviticus 25:17 (show verse)

You must not wrong one another. You shall respect your God. I am Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 25:18 (show verse)

You must observe my statutes and keep my judgments, so as to carry them out. That way you may live securely on the land.

Jubilee » Laws concerning
Safety » Who shall be safe

Leviticus 25:19 (show verse)

The land will give you its products. You will eat all you want and live there securely.

Jubilee » Laws concerning

Leviticus 25:20 (show verse)

You may ask: What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or bring in our crops?'

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 give you my blessing in the sixth year so that the land will produce enough for three years.

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

Leviticus 25:22 (show verse)

You will plant again in the eighth year but live on what the land already produced. You will eat it, even in the ninth year, until the land produces more.

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

Leviticus 25:23 (show verse)

No land may be permanently bought or sold. It all belongs to me! It is not your land! You only live there for a little while.

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)

When property is sold, the original owner must be given the first chance to buy it.

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 any of you Israelites become so poor that you are forced to sell your property, your closest relative must buy it back.

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 that relative has the money. Later, if you can afford to buy it,

Leviticus 25:27 (show verse)

you must pay enough to make up for what the present owner will lose on it before the next Year of Celebration, when the property would become yours again.

Leviticus 25:28 (show verse)

If he cannot earn enough to buy it back, what he sold stays in the hands of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee it will be released, and he will own it again.

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 anyone sells a home in a walled city, for one year after selling it he has the right to buy it back. He may buy it back only within that time.

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 he does not buy it back during that year, the house in the city belongs to the buyer for generations to come. It will not be released 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)

Houses in villages without walls are regarded as belonging to the fields of the land. They can be bought back. They will be released in 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)

The Levites always have the right to buy back their property in the cities they own.

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)

If any Levite buys back a house, in the jubilee the purchased house in the city will be released. This is because the houses in the Levite cities are their property among the Israelites.

Leviticus 25:34 (show verse)

But a field that belongs to their cities must not be sold, because it is their property from generation to generation.

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 an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, you should help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home.

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 collect interest or make any profit from him. Respect your God by respecting other Israelites' lives.

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)

Do not collect any interest on your money or on the food you give them.

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 Jehovah your God. I brought you out of Egypt to give you 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 an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, do not work him like a slave.

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)

He will be like a hired worker or a visitor to you. He may work with 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 you will release him and his children to go back to their family and the property of their ancestors.

Leviticus 25:42 (show verse)

They are my servants. I brought them out of Egypt. They must never be sold as slaves.

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

Leviticus 25:43 (show verse)

Do not treat them harshly. Respect 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)

You may have male and female slaves, but buy them from the nations around you.

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 buy the children of the foreigners who are living among you. Such children born in your land 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 as an inheritance to your children, whom they must serve as long as they live. But you must not treat any Israelites 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)

Suppose a foreigner living with you becomes rich, while some Israelites become poor and sell themselves as slaves to that foreigner or to a member of that foreigner's family.

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 to be set free by a relative, such as a brother.

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

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 cannot buy his freedom he and his children will be released in 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)

The Israelites belong to me! They are my servants. I brought them out of Egypt. I am Jehovah 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