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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 15:3Release 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
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