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Deuteronomy 31:10
And Moses commanded them, saying:“ At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of release, at the Feast of Tabernacles,
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Leviticus 25:2-4
“ Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:‘ When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the Lord.Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit;but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.
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Exodus 23:10-11
“ Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce,but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove.
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Exodus 21:2
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.
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Jeremiah 36:8-18
And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from the book the words of the Lord in the LORD’s house.Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court at the entry of the New Gate of the LORD’s house, in the hearing of all the people.When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the book,he then went down to the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber; and there all the princes were sitting— Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.Then Michaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read the book in the hearing of the people.Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying,“ Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read in the hearing of the people, and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them.And they said to him,“ Sit down now, and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.Now it happened, when they had heard all the words, that they looked in fear from one to another, and said to Baruch,“ We will surely tell the king of all these words.”And they asked Baruch, saying,“ Tell us now, how did you write all these words— at his instruction?”So Baruch answered them,“ He proclaimed with his mouth all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink in the book.”
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Isaiah 61:1-3
“ The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
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Luke 4:18-19
“ The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”