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Themes in Leviticus 25

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Themes in Leviticus 25

Leviticus 25:1 (show verse)

And LORD spoke to Moses on 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 to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a Sabbath to 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)

Six years thou shall sow thy field, and six years thou shall prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits of it,

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 shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to LORD. Thou shall neither sow thy field, nor prune thy 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)

That which grows of itself of thy harvest thou shall not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shall not gather. It shall be a year of solemn 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)

And the Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you: for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for thy stranger, who sojourns 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 for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, all the increase of it shall be 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 shall number seven Sabbaths of years to thee, seven times seven years, and there shall be to thee the days of seven Sabbaths of years, even 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 thou shall send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. In the day of atonement ye shall send abroad the trumpet 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

And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all the inhabitants of it. It shall be a jubilee to you, and ye shall return every man to his possession, and ye shall return every man to his famil

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 shall be a jubilee to you. Ye shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself in it, nor gather in it of the undressed 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)

For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. Ye shall eat the increase of it out of 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 ye shall return every man to 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 if thou sell anything to thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong each other.

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)

According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shall buy of thy neighbor, [and] according to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to 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 thou shall increase the price of it, and according to the fewness of the years thou shall diminish the price of it, for the number of the crops he sells to thee.

Leviticus 25:17 (show verse)

And ye shall not wrong each other, but thou shall fear thy God, for I am LORD your God.

Leviticus 25:18 (show verse)

Therefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them, and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

Jubilee » Laws concerning
Safety » Who shall be safe

Leviticus 25:19 (show verse)

And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell in safety in it.

Jubilee » Laws concerning

Leviticus 25:20 (show verse)

And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in 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)

then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the 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 the fruits, the old storage, until the ninth year. Until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old storage.

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

Leviticus 25:23 (show verse)

And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For ye are strangers and sojourners 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 ye shall grant a redemption for 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)

If thy brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possession, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and shall redeem that which 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)

And if a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes rich and finds sufficient to redeem it,

Leviticus 25:27 (show verse)

then let him reckon the years of the sale of it, and restore the excess to the man to whom he sold it, and he shall return to his possession.

Leviticus 25:28 (show verse)

But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then that which he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the year of jubilee. And in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return to 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 if a man sells a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.

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)

And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout 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 the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall go out 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)

Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.

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 a man purchases from the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee. For the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.

Leviticus 25:34 (show verse)

But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual 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)

And if thy brother becomes poor, and his hand fails with thee, then thou shall uphold him; he shall live with thee [as] a stranger and a sojourner.

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)

Take thou no interest from him or increase, but fear thy God, that thy brother may 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)

Thou shall not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy 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 LORD your God, who brought you forth 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)

And if thy brother becomes poor with thee, and sells himself to thee, thou shall not make him to serve as 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)

He shall be with thee as a hired servant, and as a sojourner. He shall serve with thee to 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 shall go out from thee, he and his sons with him, and shall return to his own family. And he shall return to the possession of his fathers.

Leviticus 25:42 (show verse)

For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as bondmen.

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

Leviticus 25:43 (show verse)

Thou shall not rule over him with rigor, but shall fear 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 bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shall have, from the nations that are round about you, ye shall buy bondmen and bondmaids from them.

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 of the sons of the strangers who sojourn among you, ye shall buy from them, and from their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land, and they shall be your 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 shall make them an inheritance for your sons after you, to hold for a possession. Ye shall take them your bondmen forever, but over your brothers the sons of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor.

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 if a stranger or sojourner with thee becomes rich, and thy brother becomes poor beside him, and sells himself to the stranger [or] sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger'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 may be redeemed after he is 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)

Or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him. Or any who is near of kin to him of his family may redeem him. Or if he becomes rich, he may redeem himself.

Leviticus 25:50 (show verse)

And he shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the year of jubilee. And the price of his sale shall be according to the number of years. He shall be with him according to the time of a hire

Leviticus 25:51 (show verse)

If there be yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

Leviticus 25:52 (show verse)

And if there remain but few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him. He shall give back the price of his redemption according to his years.

Leviticus 25:53 (show verse)

He shall be with him as a servant hired year by year. He shall not rule with rigor over him in thy 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)

And if he is not redeemed by these [means], then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, 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 the sons of Israel are servants to me. They are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I am LORD 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