Section 5
Eventually, it was not the land that was returned to the seller; it was the seller that returned to the land, to his possession.
THE RELEASE OF THOSE WHO SOLD THEMSELVES
Some of the children of Israel became so poor that they even sold themselves: "And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: but as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee: and then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return" (Lev. 25:39-41). These verses indicate that in the year of jubilee one who had sold himself to serve another would be released. Therefore, in the fiftieth year there was no one without land and no one in slavery. Everyone had his freedom and his own possession. This means that both the land and those who had sold themselves were released. The proclamation of the jubilee was a proclamation of the release of people's possessions and of the people them selves. This is the jubilee.