Leviticus 25:10 Explained

"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." — Leviticus 25:10 (KJV)

The Jubilee law, and the line cast on the Liberty Bell — where it means something more specific than the bell suggests.

Read it in context: The Book of Leviticus. Also gathered under verses about freedom.

Leviticus 25:10 in context

What does Leviticus 25:10 mean?

'Liberty' here is economic and concrete: release from debt bondage and the return of alienated land. The two 'returns' are the mechanism — a family that had lost everything got a floor beneath it once a generation, so poverty could not become permanent and inherited. Read that way it is less a slogan about freedom than a limit on how far anyone can fall.

What is the context of Leviticus 25:10?

Leviticus 25 legislates a fiftieth year following seven cycles of seven. Land returns to the family that first held it, debt-slaves go home, fields lie fallow. Whether Israel ever kept it is disputed; the law is unambiguous regardless.

How do I pray Leviticus 25:10?

Pray it about debt — someone else's. The law's beneficiary is never the one proclaiming liberty; it is always somebody who owes. Ask what you could release that you are entitled to hold, which is the only question the fiftieth year actually asks of a creditor.

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