Go and teach all nations
Leviticus 25:8-17
The Jubilee Year
v8 The people must count 7 (seven) lots of Sabbath years (7x7 years). That is 49 years.
v9 In the 50th year they must make loud music. They must blow trumpets on the 10th (tenth) day of the 7th (seventh) month. That is the Day of Atonement. They must blow the trumpet through all the country.
v10 The year will be special. It is a Jubilee year. It is a time for every one of my people to become free. Everyone can return to his own land and to his family.
v11 The 50th year is a Jubilee year. The people must not plant any seed in the fields. They must not harvest anything that grows by itself on the bushes.
v12 It is a Jubilee year for the people. And they can eat only food that they take from the fields.
v13 In the Jubilee year every person must return to the land of his family.
v14 If the people buy and sell land from each other, they must be honest with each other.
v15 The person who is selling the land will fix a price. He must count the number of years until the next Jubilee year.
v16 When there are many years, the price must be big. When there are few years, the price must be small. What the person is selling are the plants from the fields.
v17 Be honest with each other and respect the Lord. I am the Lord your God.
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Go and teach all nations