Leviticus 25:10
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-reference
In Leviticus 25:26-28, the process of redemption before Jubilee is detailed—if unredeemed, the property automatically returns at the Year of Jubilee.
In Leviticus 25:33, the Jubilee release is applied to Levitical houses—their city homes are returned just as other properties are.
In Leviticus 25:34, Levites' fields outside cities are permanently theirs and cannot be sold—so they are excluded from the Jubilee return rule.
Leviticus 25:9 gives the preceding instruction to blow the trumpet on Day of Atonement to start the jubilee proclaimed here.
Leviticus 25:23 provides the theological basis: the land belongs to God, so it cannot be permanently sold and must return in jubilee.
Leviticus 25:41 specifically applies jubilee's return to Hebrew servants, who go back to their family and ancestral property.
In Leviticus 27:17-24, dedicating a field to God uses the years until Jubilee to set its value—and the field returns to the owner at Jubilee if not redeemed.
Leviticus 27:22 continues the rule for sanctified fields that are bought, affecting their status at jubilee.
Leviticus 27:21 specifies that a field devoted to the Lord becomes holy at jubilee, showing how devoted property is handled at the return.
Leviticus 26:34 describes the land enjoying its sabbath rests during exile, a consequence tied to the land-rest principle of jubilee.
In 2 Peter 2:19, false teachers promise freedom but are enslaved — contrasting the true, lasting liberty of Jubilee with deceptive, self-destructive 'freedom'.
In 1 Peter 2:16, freedom is not a cover for evil but a call to serve God — same tension as Jubilee: liberty demands righteousness, not license.
In Galatians 5:13, freedom comes with responsibility — not an excuse for selfishness but an opportunity to serve, echoing Jubilee's call to liberty with purpose.
In Galatians 5:1, the Jubilee's liberty prefigures Christian freedom from sin — a typological link between national and spiritual emancipation.
In 2 Corinthians 3:17, Paul declares that where the Spirit is, there is freedom, echoing Jubilee liberty.
In Romans 6:18, being 'set free from sin' directly parallels Jubilee liberty, applying it spiritually to believers.
In John 8:32-36, Jesus uses the Jubilee concept of liberty to teach that he sets people free from sin, a spiritual fulfillment.
In Luke 4:16-21, Jesus reads Isaiah's Jubilee prophecy and declares it fulfilled, directly applying Leviticus 25:10 liberty to his ministry.
In Zechariah 9:11, the same word for 'liberty' (deror) is used for God freeing prisoners, echoing the Jubilee proclamation.
In Jeremiah 34:13-17, the same Jubilee liberty command is invoked but the people broke their covenant, showing disobedience to Leviticus 25:10.
Jeremiah 34:8 records a covenant to proclaim freedom for slaves, directly applying the Jubilee command.
Isaiah 63:4 calls it 'my year of redemption,' echoing the Jubilee year of liberty and restoration.
Isaiah 61:1-3 directly quotes Jubilee themes, applying the year of the LORD's favor to the Messiah's mission.
Isaiah 49:25 affirms God's promise to rescue captives, mirroring the Jubilee's proclamation of liberty.
Isaiah 49:9 uses Jubilee language, commanding prisoners to come out, echoing the liberty proclaimed in Leviticus.
Ezra 1:3 describes the return from exile, fulfilling the Jubilee principle of liberty and return to ancestral land.
Ezekiel 46:17 mentions the 'year of liberty' (jubilee) when a gift of inheritance returns to the prince, echoing the return principle.
Numbers 36:4 directly references the jubilee year to explain how inheritance transfers when daughters marry into another tribe.
Exodus 20:2 grounds the Jubilee liberty in God's act of freeing Israel from Egyptian slavery.
Psalm 146:7 praises God for freeing prisoners, echoing the Jubilee proclamation of liberty for all inhabitants.
Numbers 36:2-9 deals with inheritance staying within the tribe, complementing the jubilee law that returns property to original families.