Jubilee

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Jubilee is the biblical sabbatical year occurring every fiftieth year, marked by the liberation of slaves, return of ancestral lands, and economic reset in ancient Israel.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jubilee canonical 1
Jubilee Years 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical concept
religious observance
sabbatical year
aimsAt economic equality
prevention of perpetual poverty
restoration of family inheritance
social justice
appliesTo Israelite agricultural land
land of Israel
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh
associatedWithNumber 50
beginsInMonth Tishrei
beginsOn Day of Atonement
linked to: Yom Kippur
chapterReference Leviticus 25
commandedBy God
cycleLength 49 years
describedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
follows seven sabbatical year cycles
frequency every fiftieth year
givenAt Mount Sinai
givenTo Moses
HebrewName Yovel
influenced Christian social teaching
Jubilee 2000 campaign
modern debt relief movements
languageOfName Hebrew
legalEffect cancellation or remission of certain debts
release of indentured servants
reversion of hereditary land to original family
markedBy economic reset
liberation of Hebrew slaves
proclamation of liberty
return of ancestral lands
trumpet blast
observedIn ancient Israel
linked to: Ancient Israel
primarySource Book of Leviticus
prohibits permanent sale of land
regulates debt servitude
land tenure
relatedConcept Sabbath
linked to: Shabbat

Sabbatical year
religion Judaism
symbolizes new beginning
release from bondage
restoration of order
theologicalTheme divine ownership of the land
freedom
rest
trumpetType ram’s horn

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maaser relatedConcept Jubilee
subject linked to: Maaser (tithes)
Roman Jubilees alsoKnownAs Jubilee Years
linked to: Jubilee