About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

3/10/2023

Leviticus 25:1-55 The Year of Jubilee & the Laws for Indentured Servants

 

The Year of Jubilee & the Laws for Indentured Servants

Leviticus 25:1-55          The Third Book of Moses Called Leviticus

The Lord [spoke] to Moses [on] Mount Sinai, saying, Speak to the children [people] of Israel, When you come into the land [that] I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord.

[For] 6 years you shall sow your field & prune your vineyard & gather [its] fruit [of it]; But in the 7th year there shall be a Sabbath of rest [for] the land, a Sabbath for the Lord. You shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.

[What] grows of its own accord of your harvest, you shall not reap, neither gather the grapes of your [untended] vine, for it is a year of rest [for] the land. 

The Sabbath of the land shall be [food] for: you, your servant & maid, your hired servant & your stranger [who dwells] with you & for your [livestock] & the [beasts] in your land. All the increase [of it] shall be [food for them.] 

You shall [count ] 7 Sabbaths of years [for yourself,] 7 times 7 years, & the space of 7 Sabbaths of years shall be [for] you 49 years. Then you shall cause the trumpet of Jubilee to sound on the 10th day of the 7th month, [on] the Day of Atonement, you shall make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

You shall [honor as holy the] 50th year. You shall proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all the inhabitants [of it.] It shall be a Jubilee [for] you & you shall return every man to his possession & you shall return every man to his family. 

That 50th year shall be a Jubilee to you & in it, you shall neither sow nor reap [what] grows [on its own,] nor gather the grapes of [its untended] vine. For it is the Jubilee & it shall be holy to you & you shall eat [its increase of produce from] the field.

In this year of Jubilee, you shall return every man to his possession. If you sell [anything] to your neighbor or buy [anything] from him, you shall not oppress one another.

According to the number of years after the Jubilee, you shall buy [from] your neighbor & according to the number of years of [crops] he shall sell to you. According to the multitude of years, you shall increase the price [of it] & [if there are few] years [until Jubilee] you shall [reduce] the price [of it.]

For according to the number of years of the [crops,] he [sells] unto you. You shall not oppress one another, but you shall fear [respect] the Lord your God. For I am the Lord your God. [Therefore] you shall do My [mandates] & keep My judgments & do them & you shall [live] in the land in safety.

The land shall [give] her fruit & you shall eat your fill & [live in it] in safety. If you say, What shall we eat [in] the 7th year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase [of produce.] Then, I will command My blessing upon you in the 6th year & it shall bring [enough] fruit for 3 years.

You shall sow [seed] the 8th year & [still] eat old [produce] until the 9th year; until her [produce comes] in, you shall eat of the [stored produce.] The land shall not be sold forever: for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and [temporary residents] with Me.

In all the land of your possession, you shall grant a redemption for the land. If your brother [becomes] poor & has sold away some of his [possessions] & if any of his [relatives] come to redeem it, then he shall redeem [what] his brother sold. 

If the man has [no one] to redeem it & he [is unable] to redeem it [himself;] then let him count the years [from the time] of the sale [of the property until Jubilee] & restore [any overage] to the man to whom he sold it; [so] his possession may return to him.

But if he [can’t afford to redeem his property,] then the [sold property] shall remain [with the person who] bought it, until the year of Jubilee. In Jubilee, [it shall be released to the original owner as] his possession.

If a man [sells his] house in a walled city, then he may [pay what is owed &] redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. If it [isn’t] redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house in the walled city, shall [belong to the person who] bought it throughout his generations & it shall not [be returned] in the year of Jubilee. 

[But] the houses [that are sold] in the villages that have no [walls around] them, shall be counted [the same] as the fields of the country & they may be redeemed & they shall be [released] in Jubilee.

[Nevertheless] the cities of the Levites [who do the duty of the church] & the houses [in] the cities of their [possessions,] the Levites may redeem [them at any time.]

If a man [purchases a house] from a Levite, then the house which was sold [in] the city of his possession, shall be [released] in the year of Jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children [people] of Israel. But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession. 

If [one of your brethren becomes] poor & [falls into poverty among] you, then you shall [help] him, [even] though he [is] a stranger, or a [temporary resident, so] he may live with you.

[Deuteronomy 15:10-11 You shall surely give [to] him & your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because the Lord, your God, shall bless you for this thing, in all [you do] & all you put your hand to. For the poor shall never cease out of the land. Therefore, I command you, saying, You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor & to the needy, in your land.

Take no [interest] or [profit from] him. But fear [respect] your God, [so] that your brother may live with you. You shall not [lend] him your money for [interest,] nor lend him your [food] for [profit.] I am the Lord your God, [Who] brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan & to be your God. 

If your brother [who] dwells [near] you [becomes] poor & [sells himself] to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a bond servant. [He shall be with you like] a hired servant & [temporary resident.] He shall serve you until the year of Jubilee & then he shall depart from you.

Both he & his children with him & shall return to his own family & to the possession of his fathers. 

For they are My servants, [whom] I brought [forward] out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. You shall not rule over him with [rigor,] but you shall fear [respect] your God. 

Both your bondmen & bondmaids, which you have, shall be [from] the heathen [nations around] you & you [may] buy bondmen & bondmaids [from] them & the strangers & [temporary residents, who stay] among you & [from] their families that are with you, [which were fathered] in your land. 

They shall be your possession & you shall [pass them down] as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them as a possession. They shall be your bondmen forever: you shall not rule over another [Israelite] with rigor. 

If [a temporary resident] or stranger [becomes wealthy] by you & your brother [who] dwells with you [becomes] poor & [sells] himself to the stranger or [temporary resident, or to their family near] you: After he [has been sold for his debt,] he may be redeemed again, one of his brethren may redeem him [by paying what is owed.]

Either his uncle, his uncle’s son, or any [near relative] may redeem him, or if he is able, he may redeem [himself.] 

The [amount paid to redeem him needs to be figured out] with the person [who] purchased him, from the year that he was sold to him [until] the year of Jubilee & the price of the sale shall be according to the number of years, according to the [rate paid for that time] of a hired servant.

If there are [still] many years [remaining until the year of Jubilee,] according to [those] he shall pay the price of his redemption [the difference] of the money he was bought for.

If there [are only] a few years [remaining until] the year of Jubilee, they are to count them with him & according to his years, he shall give him again the price of his redemption.

[They are to be treated like a] yearly hired servant & shall be with him. And the other shall not rule over him with rigor, in your sight. If he [hasn’t already] been redeemed in these years, then he shall [be released] in the year of Jubilee, both he & his children with him. For to Me, the children [people] of Israel are servants

They are My servants, whom I brought [forward] out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord, your God.