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Feast of Sabbatical Year, The

A sabbath for the land—Le 25:2

Kept every seventh year—Ex 23:11; Le 25:4

Surplus of sixth year to provide for—Le 25:20-22

ENACTMENTS RESPECTING

• Cessation of all field labour
• —Le 25:4,5
• The fruits of the earth to be common property
• —Ex 23:11; Le 25:6,7
• Remission of debts
• —De 15:1-3; Ne 10:31
• Release of all Hebrew servants
• —Ex 21:2; De 15:12
• Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles
• —De 31:10-13
• No release to strangers during
• —De 15:3

Release of, not to hinder the exercise of benevolence—De 15:9-11

Jews threatened for neglecting—Le 26:34,35,43; Jer 34:13-18

The seventy years captivity a punishment for neglecting—2Ch 36:20,21

Restored after the captivity—Ne 10:31