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