Scripture Post #2,063: *JUBILE*

 

Leviticus 25:

11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 

12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

Context:

    Leviticus 25:1: “And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,”

Verse 2: “Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.”

V. 3: “Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;”

V. 4: “But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.”

V. 5: “That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: forit is a year of rest unto the land.”

V. 6: “And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,”

V. 7: “And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.”

V. 8: “And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.”

V. 9: “Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.”

V. 10: “And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.”

V. 11: “A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.”

V. 12: “For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.”

We know that the *JUBILE* (jubilee) was a 50th year of celebration for the Israelites. But what led to the jubile isn’t as well known:

GOD had His people observe sabbath days as well as sabbath years. 6 years, the Israelites worked. And the 7th year, they rested. They tilled the ground of the land that the LORD blessed them with for 6 years. But when the 7th year arrived, they ceased tillage. They observed the sabbath year tradition 7 times. It was 7 times 7 years, equaling 49 years. And the following year gave way for jubile!!!

Originally Published: Mon. 5 • 7 • 18