Leviticus 25 · Verse 10

Leviticus 25:10

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, King James Version

Leviticus 25:10 in other translations

BSBSo you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.
WEBYou shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.
ASVAnd ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
YLTand ye have hallowed the year, the fiftieth year; and ye have proclaimed liberty in the land to all its inhabitants; a jubilee it is to you; and ye have turned back each unto his possession; yea, each unto his family ye do turn back.
DARBYAnd ye shall hallow the year of the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; a year of jubilee shall it be unto you, and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family;
BBEAnd let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from debt: it is the Jubilee, and every man may go back to his heritage and to his family.
WebsterAnd ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants: it shall be a jubilee to you; and ye shall return every man to his possession, and ye shall return every man to his family.

What does Leviticus 25:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 25:8-11

Le 25:8-23. The Jubilee. 8-11. thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years--This most extraordinary of all civil institutions, which received the name of "Jubilee" from a Hebrew word signifying a musical instrument, a horn or trumpet, began on the tenth day of the seventh month, or the great day of atonement, when, by order of the public authorities, the sound of trumpets proclaimed the beginning of the universal…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 25:8-22

The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases till the year of jubilee, and then…

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Leviticus 25:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְקִדַּשְׁתֶּ֗םve.ki.dash.Temand you will set apart as holyH6942
אֵ֣ת'et<obj.>H853
שְׁנַ֤תshe.Nat[the] year ofH8141
הַחֲמִשִּׁים֙ha.cha.mi.Shimthe fiftyH2572
שָׁנָ֔הsha.NahyearH8141
וּקְרָאתֶ֥םu.ke.ra.Temand you will proclaimH7121
דְּר֛וֹרde.RorlibertyH1865
בָּאָ֖רֶץba.'A.retzin the landH776
לְכָל\־le.kholfor allH3605
יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָyo.she.Vei.hainhabitants itsH3427
יוֹבֵ֥לyo.Vela jubileeH3104
הִוא֙hi'itH1931
תִּהְיֶ֣הtih.Yehit will beH1961
לָכֶ֔םla.Khemto <the> you
וְשַׁבְתֶּ֗םve.shav.Temand you will returnH7725
אִ֚ישׁ'isheach oneH376
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֲחֻזָּת֔וֹ'a.chu.za.Topossession hisH272
וְאִ֥ישׁve.'Ishand each oneH376
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹmish.pach.Toclan hisH4940
תָּשֻֽׁבוּ\׃ta.Shu.vuyou will returnH7725

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 25:10

  • Jeremiah 34:8

    This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

  • Isaiah 63:4

    For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

  • Leviticus 25:13

    In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.

  • 1 Peter 2:16

    As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

  • Isaiah 61:1-3

    The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

  • Galatians 5:13

    For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

  • Exodus 20:2

    I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  • Romans 6:17-18

    But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:17

    Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

  • Luke 1:74

    That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

  • Psalms 146:7

    Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:

  • Galatians 4:25-5:1

    For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
proclaim.
Ex 20:2; Ezr 1:3; Ps 146:7; Isa 49:9,24,25; 61:1-3; 63:4
Jer 34:8,13-17; Zec 9:11,12; Lu 1:74; 4:16-21; Joh 8:32-36
Ro 6:17,18; 2Co 3:17; Ga 4:25-31; 5:1,13; 1Pe 2:16; 2Pe 2:19,20
every man.
13,26-28,33,34; 27:17-24
ye shall return.
Nu 36:2-9

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Context

  • Leviticus 25:9

    Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

  • Leviticus 25:10

    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 25:11

    A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.

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Leviticus 25:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y santificaréis el año cincuenta, y pregonaréis libertad en la tierra á todos sus moradores: éste os será jubileo; y volveréis cada uno á su posesión, y cada cual volverá á su familia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et vous sanctifierez l’année de l’an cinquantième, et vous publierez la liberté dans le pays à tous ses habitants: ce sera pour vous un jubilé; vous retournerez chacun dans sa possession, et vous retournerez chacun à sa famille.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihr sollt das Jahr des fünfzigsten Jahres heiligen und sollt im Lande Freiheit ausrufen für alle seine Bewohner. Ein Jubeljahr soll es euch sein, und ihr werdet ein jeder wieder zu seinem Eigentum kommen, und ein jeder zurückkehren zu seinem Geschlecht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sanctificabisque annum quinquagesimum, et vocabis remissionem cunctis habitatoribus terræ tuæ: ipse est enim jubilæus. Revertetur homo ad possessionem suam, et unusquisque rediet ad familiam pristinam: