Leviticus 25:8

Leviticus 25:8 says, And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.  The people were to number seven sabbath years, every seven years being considered a sabbath of years just as every seven days was considered a sabbath of days.  Then the people of Israel were to count another sabbath of the seven years, making a total of forty-nine years.  Verse nine adds, Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee 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.  On the tenth day of the seventh month of this fortieth year, the day of atonement, they were to sound the trumpet.  Verse ten continues, 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.  The year of jubilee was to be a year of liberty throughout the land, and every man's possessions were to be returned to him.  This was a time of restoration to the people of Israel, just as we have a day of restoration when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, but we never have renew our salvation. Still, if we allow sin into our lives after we accept Him, then we have to confess our sins so that there will be nothing separating us from Him. Verse eleven declares, 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.  The year of jubilee was to be a year when no planting or harvesting was to be done.  Verse twelve adds, For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.  They were not to plant or reap as normal, but were to eat of the increase of the field as they had need.  They would have to rely on God to provide for their physical needs due to their spiritual relationship with him,  As Christians today, we should rely on God to meet our physical needs because of our spiritual relationship with Him.  Verse thirteen continues, In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession. Verse fourteen says, And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:  Things bought from neighbors were to be returned to them during the year of jubilee, and if they had bought a person, that person was to be set free.  Verse fifteen adds, According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:  There was a provision for accounting for the price due to the number of years until jubilee.  Verse sixteen continues, According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.  This was the condition of prorating the price as just stated.  Verse seventeen concludes, Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God.  The year of jubilee was instituted to keep anyone from being oppressed, and today our salvation through Christ keeps us from being spiritually oppressed.