Sabbatical Year: Every seventh year, during which the land, according to the law of
Moses, had to remain uncultivated
(Leviticus 25:2-7) comp.
(Exodus 23:10,11,12)
(Leviticus 26:34,35) Whatever grew of itself during that year was not for the
owner of the land, but for the poor and the stranger and the beasts
of the field. All debts, except those of foreigners, were to be
remitted
(Deuteronomy 15:1-11) There is little notice of the observance of this
year in Biblical history. It appears to have been much neglected
(2 Chronicles 36:20,21)
