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Leviticus 25 — Sermon Preparation
Every seventh year the land rests and every fiftieth year is a Jubilee — land returns to its original owners, debts are cancelled, and Hebrew slaves are freed. Below is a research summary for Leviticus 25, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 55
- verses
- 710 / 175
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 14
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Leviticus 25 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁנֶה | shâneh | H8141 | 37 | year, revolution |
| יוֹבֵל | yôwbêl | H3104 | 14 | blast, continuous |
| אֲחֻזָּה | ʼăchuzzâh | H272 | 13 | seized, possession |
| מָכַר | mâkar | H4376 | 13 | sell, surrender |
| גְּאֻלָּה | gᵉʼullâh | H1353 | 9 | redemption, relationship |
| תְּבוּאָה | tᵉbûwʼâh | H8393 | 9 | income, produce |
| גָּאַל | gâʼal | H1350 | 10 | redeem, be the next of kin |
How preachers through history handled this text
14 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 25, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“A native Israelite, if sold for debt, or for a crime, was to serve but six years, and to go out the seventh. If he sold himself, through poverty, both his work and his usage must be such as were fitting for a son of Abraham. Masters are required to give to their servants that which is just and equal, Col 4:1. At the year of jubilee the servant should go out free, he and his children, and should return to his own family. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Leviticus 25:39–55 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Mount Sinai— Lev 25:1
- Canaan— Lev 25:38
- Egypt— Lev 25:38
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