Leviticus 25:10

So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses the congregation of Israel, immediately after the Day of Atonement trumpet (v. 9), declaring what the fiftieth year will be and what it requires of them.

The words — קִדַּשְׁתֶּם (qiddashtem, "you will set apart as holy") frames the year as a consecrated object, not merely a calendar event; דְּרוֹר (deror, "liberty") is the operative noun that the whole system of release hangs on.

The thread — The same verb "proclaim liberty" appears in Jeremiah 34:8, where Zedekiah's covenant to free Hebrew slaves is immediately broken; Isaiah 63:4 calls the Jubilee "the year of My redemption," and Leviticus 25:13 restates the return-to-property clause as a standing rule.

Why it lands — The verse treats time itself as something to be set apart and treats property and personhood as provisional holdings, not permanent possessions. It asks the reader to accept that a system can override individual claim.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 34:8 After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
Isaiah 63:4 For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
Leviticus 25:13 In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
1 Peter 2:16 Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
Galatians 5:13 For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
Exodus 20:2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Psalms 146:7 He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
Luke 1:74 deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.