Feast of Sabbatical Year, The

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