For the Israelites belong to me as servants. They are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. The final theological grounding of the entire Jubilee chapter: the Israelites belong to me as servants — they are God's servants, not permanent human property. The Exodus liberation that established this divine ownership is the foundation of every Jubilee provision. I am the Lord your God closes the chapter as it closes every section of the Holiness Code: the covenant identity grounds the covenant's most radical economic provision. The God who owns the land and owns the people is the God who establishes the terms of their use and treatment.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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