Jubilee

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Jubilee is the biblical sabbatical year occurring every fiftieth year, marked by the liberation of slaves, return of ancestral lands, and economic reset in ancient Israel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical concept
religious observance
sabbatical year
aimsAt economic equality
prevention of perpetual poverty
restoration of family inheritance
social justice
appliesTo Israelite agricultural land
land of Israel NERFINISHED
associatedWithNumber 50
beginsInMonth Tishrei NERFINISHED
beginsOn Day of Atonement NERFINISHED
chapterReference Leviticus 25 NERFINISHED
commandedBy God NERFINISHED
cycleLength 49 years
describedIn Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED
follows seven sabbatical year cycles
frequency every fiftieth year
givenAt Mount Sinai NERFINISHED
givenTo Moses NERFINISHED
HebrewName Yovel NERFINISHED
influenced Christian social teaching
Jubilee 2000 campaign NERFINISHED
modern debt relief movements
languageOfName Hebrew
legalEffect cancellation or remission of certain debts
release of indentured servants
reversion of hereditary land to original family
markedBy economic reset
liberation of Hebrew slaves
proclamation of liberty
return of ancestral lands
trumpet blast
observedIn ancient Israel NERFINISHED
primarySource Book of Leviticus NERFINISHED
prohibits permanent sale of land
regulates debt servitude
land tenure
relatedConcept Sabbath NERFINISHED
Sabbatical year
religion Judaism
symbolizes new beginning
release from bondage
restoration of order
theologicalTheme divine ownership of the land
freedom
rest
trumpetType ram’s horn

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Maaser (tithes) relatedConcept Jubilee
subject surface form: Maaser