indicates that none need fear diminishment by observance of the land’s sabbatical year. The sabbatical year extends to seven seven-year cycles, which culminate in the fiftieth year with the celebration of jubilee (vv. 8–22). The year of jubilee is announced on the tenth day of the seventh month, on the Day of Purification, by the blowing of the shofar horn, which proclaims liberty throughout the land. The liberty is envisioned as the promise of returning home. Israelites who have been forced to mortgage