“And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.”
Count off seven sabbath years — seven times seven years — so that the seven sabbath years amount to a period of forty-nine years. The Jubilee is built on the seven-times-seven sabbatical structure: seven Sabbath years of seven years each produce forty-nine years, and the fiftieth year is the Jubilee. The mathematical structure mirrors the Feast of Weeks' seven-times-seven-day structure leading to the fiftieth day of Pentecost. The Jubilee is to the agricultural calendar what Pentecost is to the festival calendar: the completion of a seven-times-seven cycle leading to the fiftieth-day beginning of something new.
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Yuki TanakaNote1mo agoThe Jubilee Year Breaks Chains
You shall count off seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the period of seven weeks of years gives forty-nine years. Then you shall have the trumpet sounded loud on the tenth day of t...
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Adam Smith 2Note1mo agoSeven Times Seven: The Jubilee Vision
After seven sabbatical cycles comes the jubilee. Forty-nine years of rest cycles culminate in a fiftieth year of ultimate rest and restoration. Land returns to original owners. Slaves are released. De...
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