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The Year of Jubilee
Leviticus 25 ( NLV )
WORKSHEETS
Q- 1. Would the law of the Year of Jubilee found in Leviticus 25 be workable in the twenty-first century in which we live?
Q- 2. Could these principles be used within our churches?
Q- 3. What ramifications would implementing such a law have upon our lifestyle?
Q- 4. Can you give me an example were the Year of Jubilee was obeyed in O.T. times?
1. Where was Moses when the Lord spoke to him? ( Lev. 25:1 )___________.
2. The land itself must observe a Sabbath to the Lord every _____________year.
3. What happened to the land during this seventh year? ________________
4. What will the people eat during this Sabbath year?
5. How many years between the years of Jubilee?
6. On what day did the Year of Jubilee begin?
7. What must every Israelite do at the beginning of the year of Jubilee?
THE LAW OF KINSMAN-REDEEMER
8. What could never be done to the land?
9. What went along with the bill of sale?
BANKRUPCY LAW
10. Explain the Bankruptcy law.
Houses:
11. What was the difference between buying a house outside an unwalled village and the purchase of a house inside a walled village?
12. Why were the Levites special?
13. How was the Bankruptcy law different for a Levite?
14. What did the term “usury” mean in O.T. terms?
15. Against who did this law against “usury” apply?
16. What happened to an Israelite who was poor or went bankrupt and could not
support himself?
17. Why did God say an Israelite was different than a common slave?
Slaves:
18. Did the O.T. condone slavery?
19. Where did “slaves” come from?
Resident Foreigner
20. Could a Resident Foreigner own Israelite slaves?
21. Explain what happened to an Israelite who went bankrupt and sole himself to a
Resident Foreigner.
22. What was the price of freedom based upon for a bankrupt Israelite?
23. How were people who sold themselves into “slavery” to be treated?
24. What happened to an Israelite at the time of the Year of Jubilee?
25. What did God say was the difference between an Israelite who sold himself into slavery and a foreign slave?
26.If you had been living at the time of the Civil War what position would you have taken and why?
27. Didn’t the O.T. justify a southern benevolent slaveholder in keeping his slaves?
28. Is there slavery in the twenty-first century? Where?
29. Who might be almost considered “slaves” in the USA?
30. How are slavery and abortion alike?
The next Bible Study will be in the home of Esther Shirk on Thursday, March 13.
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