New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Feast of Sabbatical Year, The

• 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 Dt. 15:1-3; Neh. 10:31
  • Release of all Hebrew servants Ex. 21:2; Dt. 15:12
  • Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles Dt. 31:10-13
  • No release to strangers during Dt. 15:3
• Release of, not to hinder the exercise of benevolence Dt. 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