Feast of Sabbatical Year, The
A sabbath for the land -- Le 25:2. Kept every seventh year -- Ex 23:11; Le 25:4. Surplus of sixth year to provide for -- Le 25:20-22. Enactments respecting Cessation of all field labour. -- Le 25:4,5. The fruits of the earth to be common property. -- Ex 23:11; Le 25:6,7. Remission of debts. -- De 15:1-3; Ne 10:31. Release of all Hebrew servants. -- Ex 21:2; De 15:12. Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles. -- De 31:10-13. No release to strangers during. -- De 15:3. Release of, not to hinder the exercise of benevolence -- De 15:9-11. Jews threatened for neglecting -- Le 26:34,35,43; Jer 34:13-18. The seventy years captivity a punishment for neglecting -- 2Ch 36:20,21. Restored after the captivity -- Ne 10:31.