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NASB | Leviticus 25:11 'You shall have the fiftieth year as a jubilee; you shall not sow, nor reap its aftergrowth, nor gather in from its untrimmed vines. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Leviticus 25:11 'That fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee for you; you shall not sow [seed], nor reap what reseeds itself, nor gather the grapes of the uncultivated vines. |
Bible Question: Lev. 25:11 says, "That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you" - My question is, Do we find anywhere in the Bible that states that the Jews ever celebrated the Jubilee year? Does history ever record that the Jewish people ever celebated the Jubilee year in their home land of Palistine? |
Bible Answer: Greetings, Grampa Tractor! Here is an excerpt from the Easton Bible Dictionary concerning the Year of Jubilee.. "...There is no record in Scripture of the actual observance of this festival, but there are numerous allusions (Isa_5:7-10; Isa_61:1-2; Eze_7:12-13; Neh. 5:1-19; 2Ch_36:21) which place it beyond a doubt that it was observed." "The advantages of this institution were manifold. "1. It would prevent the accumulation of land on the part of a few to the detriment of the community at large. 2. It would render it impossible for any one to be born to absolute poverty, since every one had his hereditary land. 3. It would preclude those inequalities which are produced by extremes of riches and poverty, and which make one man domineer over another. 4. It would utterly do away with slavery. 5. It would afford a fresh opportunity to those who were reduced by adverse circumstances to begin again their career of industry in the patrimony which they had temporarily forfeited. 6. It would periodically rectify the disorders which crept into the state in the course of time, preclude the division of the people into nobles and plebeians, and preserve the theocracy inviolate." (1) Blessings to you, Makarios Source: (1) Entry: "Jubilee" from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. |
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