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Jubilee
The Jubilee was an Old Testament institution established in Leviticus 25. In the fiftieth year, after seven sabbatical cycles, land that had been sold returned to the family that originally held it, Israelites who had become servants were set free, and the land was left to rest.
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- Book of JubileesBible
The Book of Jubilees is an ancient Jewish work that retells the narrative from Genesis through the opening portion of Exodus, dividing history into units of forty-nine years called "jubilees." It is a pseudepigraphal book not included in Protestant or Catholic Bibles.
- Leviticus 25:8–12Bible Verses
Leviticus 25:8–12 is a provision of the Law commanding that the fiftieth year, which follows seven sabbatical years (forty-nine years), be kept holy as the "Jubilee." A trumpet is to be sounded on the Day of Atonement to proclaim liberty, and each person is to return to his land and family. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of the ministry of Jesus and of social justice.
- Leviticus 25Bible
Leviticus 25 contains the regulations for the sabbatical year and the Year of Jubilee given at Mount Sinai. It commands that the land rest in the seventh year and that, in the fiftieth year, sold land be returned and fellow Israelites who had sold themselves be set free.
- ShofarBible
The shofar is an ancient Israelite trumpet made from the horn of an animal such as a ram. In the Old Testament it was used to proclaim feasts and the Jubilee, to signal in war, to mark the enthronement of kings, and in worship. The New Korean Revised Version usually renders it as "trumpet."
- Leviticus 26Bible
Leviticus 26 proclaims the blessings that will follow faithfulness to the covenant and the punishments that will come in escalating stages if it is broken. It also promises that, even after Israel has been scattered, God will remember the covenant He made with the patriarchs if the people confess their sin.
- Leviticus 24Bible
Leviticus 24 contains regulations for the sanctuary lamps and for the bread set out every Sabbath (the showbread), followed by the execution of a man who blasphemed the name of the LORD and the law of retaliation expressed as "eye for eye, tooth for tooth."
- Prohibition of InterestBible
The prohibition of interest is an Old Testament legal provision that forbade charging interest when lending money or food to a poor neighbor. It appears in Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy and reflects the law's concern for protecting the vulnerable.
- The PoorBible
In the Bible, "the poor" refers to people who struggle to make a living and need protection. The Old Testament makes caring for them a duty of the covenant people, and the New Testament presents the proclamation of the gospel to them as a sign of the kingdom of God.
- PseudepigraphaBible
"Pseudepigrapha" is the term Protestants use for Jewish and early Christian writings, composed for the most part around the intertestamental period, that were attributed to ancient figures such as Enoch and Moses. Most churches do not accept these books as canonical.