Bible Concordances

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Feast of Sabbatical Year, the

• A sabbath for the land
  Leviticus 25:2

• Kept every seventh year
  Exodus 23:11; Leviticus 25:4

• Surplus of sixth year to provide for
  Leviticus 25:20-22

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

• Release of, not to hinder the exercise of benevolence
  Deuteronomy 15:9-11

• Jews threatened for neglecting
  Leviticus 26:34,35,43; Jeremiah 34:13-18

• The seventy years captivity a punishment for neglecting
  2 Chronicles 36:20,21

• Restored after the captivity
  Nehemiah 10:31