What does "Jubilee" mean in the Bible?
Jubilee came at the close of seven weeks of years, or eveiy fiftieth year, so that two sabbatical years came together. Jubilee appears in 19 verses across 2 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Jubilee?
JUBILEE, YEAR OF, came at the close of seven weeks of years, or eveiy fiftieth year, so that two sabbatical years came together. It commenced on the great day of atonement, and was ushered in by the blast of the jubilee curved trumpets. The remarkable feature of this festival was that it restored individuals, families, and communities, as far as possible, to the same situation they occupied at the beginning of the fifty years. All servants of Hebrew origin were set free, even those whose ears had been bored in evidence of their free service; all pledges were given up, and the inheritances which had been alienated, no matter how often nor for what cause, came back to the hands of the owners. The only exception was in the cases of houses built in walled towns. Lev 25:29-31. The law in regard to this festival is given in Lev 25:8-17, Lev 8:23-55; Lev 27:16-25; Num 36:4. "The jubilee is the crown of the sabbatical system. The weekly and monthly sabbaths secured rest for each spiriturally; the sabbatical year secured rest for the land: the jubilee secured rest and restoration for the body politic, to recover the general equality which Joshua's original settlement contemplated. Hence no religious observances were prescribed; simply the trumpets sounded the glad note of restoration. The leisure of the jubilee year was perhaps devoted to school and instruction of the people, the reading of the Law, and such services." — Fausset: The Englishman's Bible Cyclopedia. It has been disputed whether there ever was a year of jubilee observed. No direct mention is made of any, but there are evident allusions to it in Isa 61:1-2; Eze 7:12-13; Eze 46:16-18.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Jubilee?
Where does Jubilee appear in the Bible?
Jubilee is referenced in 19 verses across 2 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Leviticus 25:10
- Leviticus 25:11
- Leviticus 25:12
- Leviticus 25:13
- Leviticus 25:15
- Leviticus 25:28
- Leviticus 25:30
- Leviticus 25:31
- Leviticus 25:33
- Leviticus 25:40
- Leviticus 25:50
- Leviticus 25:52
- Leviticus 25:54
- Leviticus 27:17
- Leviticus 27:18
- Leviticus 27:21
- Leviticus 27:23
- Leviticus 27:24
- Numbers 36:4
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Jubilee.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Jubilee?
Jubilee appears in 19 verses across 2 books, most often in Leviticus, which accounts for 18 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Jubilee?
Leviticus, Numbers.
Where can I read every verse about Jubilee?
This page lists 19 of them. Protos carries all 19, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
