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Deuteronomy 31:10
Then Moses commanded them:“ At the end of every seven years, in the year for canceling debts, during the Festival of Tabernacles, (niv)
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Leviticus 25:2-4
“ Speak to the Israelites and say to them:‘ When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord.For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards. (niv)
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Exodus 23:10-11
“ For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops,but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove. (niv)
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Exodus 21:2
“ If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. (niv)
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Jeremiah 36:8-18
Baruch son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do; at the Lord’s temple he read the words of the Lord from the scroll.In the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a time of fasting before the Lord was proclaimed for all the people in Jerusalem and those who had come from the towns of Judah.From the room of Gemariah son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate of the temple, Baruch read to all the people at the Lord’s temple the words of Jeremiah from the scroll.When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll,he went down to the secretary’s room in the royal palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Akbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.After Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read to the people from the scroll,all the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to say to Baruch,“ Bring the scroll from which you have read to the people and come.” So Baruch son of Neriah went to them with the scroll in his hand.They said to him,“ Sit down, please, and read it to us.” So Baruch read it to them.When they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear and said to Baruch,“ We must report all these words to the king.”Then they asked Baruch,“ Tell us, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?”“ Yes,” Baruch replied,“ he dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.” (niv)
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Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. (niv)
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Luke 4:18-19
“ The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” (niv)