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FEAST OF SABBATICAL YEAR, THE

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

A sabbath for the land

Kept every seventh year

Surplus of sixth year to provide for

Release of, not to hinder the exercise of benevolence

Jews threatened for neglecting

The seventy years captivity a punishment for neglecting

Restored after the captivity

ENACTMENTS RESPECTING

Cessation of all field labour

The fruits of the earth to be common property

Remission of debts

Release of all Hebrew servants

Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles

No release to strangers during