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Dictionary of Bible Themes – 7431 Sabbath, sabbatical year
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Dictionary of Bible Themes
7000 God’s people
7300 Institutions and culture of OT
7428 Sabbath
7431 Sabbath, sabbatical year
7431 Sabbath, sabbatical year
7431 Sabbath, sabbatical year
Just as the seventh day was observed as a day of rest, so the OT regarded every seventh year as a sabbath year, to be set aside for rest.
The sabbath year
As a time for leaving fields fallow Ex 23:10-11 See also Lev 25:4; Lev 26:34; Ne 10:31 An important feature was the opportunity for the poor to benefit from unharvested fields.
As a time for cancelling debts Dt 15:1 See also Dt 15:9; Dt 31:10; Ne 10:31
As a time for freeing slaves Dt 15:12 See also Jer 34:14
The Year of Jubilee as seven Sabbaths
See also
| 1653 | numbers, 6-10 |
| 4206 | land |
| 6658 | freedom |
| 7447 | slavery, in OT |
| 7482 | Year of Jubilee |
Dictionary of Bible Themes Scripture index copyright Martin H. Manser, 2009. As Editor, Martin Manser wishes to thank all those who compiled or edited the NIV Thematic Study Bible, on which this work is based.
