Leviticus 25:2-12

2The Lord said, ‘Speak to Israel's people. They will go into the land that I will give to them. Then the land must have a Sabbath rest to the Lord.

3They can plant seeds in the fields for six years. They can cut the leaves of the plants and they can harvest the fruit for six years.

4In the seventh year, the land must have a rest. They must not plant seeds in the fields or cut the leaves.

5They must not harvest fruit or grain. The land must have a year for rest.

6All of the people can eat anything that grows by itself in the Sabbath year. That will be food for you and for your servants and for your animals. And other people who live among you can eat it.

7The wild animals also can eat anything that grows by itself in the Sabbath year.

8The people must count seven lots of Sabbath years. That is 49 years.

9In the 50th year they must make loud music. They must blow trumpets on the tenth day of the seventh month. That is the Day of Atonement. They must blow the trumpet through all the country.

10The year will be special. It is a Jubilee year. It is a time for every one of my people to become free. Everyone can return to his own land and to his family.

11The 50th year is a Jubilee year. The people must not plant any seed in the fields. They must not harvest anything that grows by itself on the bushes.

12It is a Jubilee year for the people. And they can eat only food that they take from the fields.