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Festivals & practices

Jubilee

The fiftieth year in Leviticus, associated with release, returned land, and restored family holdings.

Also called · Jubilee year

What it means

The fiftieth year in Leviticus, associated with release, returned land, and restored family holdings.

After seven cycles of seven years, a horn was sounded and the land was not to be worked in the ordinary way. Israelite debt-servants were released and hereditary land returned.

How it appears in the Bible

The legislation limits permanent loss within Israel’s clans. Isaiah and Luke use release language that echoes the wider hope represented by Jubilee.