Leviticus 25 in the early church
71 passages quote, allude to, or echo Leviticus 25, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 3 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10 · 13 · 20 · 23 · 25 · 26 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33 · 35 · 36 · 37 · 39 · 55
Leviticus 25:3
For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:3–5 | Demonstration 20.2 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Lev 25:3–4 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.2.11 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 360–367 |
Leviticus 25:4
But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:4 | PG 12:1075 (Ps 1 LXX) · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Lev 25:4 | On Prayer 27.14 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 233–234 |
| Lev 25:4 | Commentary on Matthew 15.31 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Lev 25:4 | Preparation for the Gospel 8.7.15 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Lev 25:4 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.3.7 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Lev 25:4 | Oration 41.1 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Lev 25:4 | Letter 36.9 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Lev 25:4 | Apostolic Constitutions 7.36.4 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Lev 25:4 | Exposition of Psalm 118 5.10.2 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386-397 |
Leviticus 25:6
Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you—for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:6 | Preparation for the Gospel 8.7.19 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Lev 25:6 | On Fleeing the World 45 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-391 |
Leviticus 25:8
And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:8 | On First Principles 2.11.5 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398) |
| Lev 25:8 | PG 12:1075 (Ps 1 LXX) · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Lev 25:8 | On Prayer 27.16 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 233–234 |
| Lev 25:8–13 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.5.6 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Lev 25:8–13 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.20.6 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Lev 25:8–10 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.21.5 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Lev 25:8–12 | Book of Heresies 107.9 · Philastrius of Brescia | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380s |
| Lev 25:8–13 | Sermon 139 · Peter Chrysologus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
Leviticus 25:10
So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.
Leviticus 25:13
In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:13 | Question 112, section 1 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Lev 25:13 | Apology of the Prophet David 42 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 384-390 |
Leviticus 25:20
Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:20–22 | Demonstration 20.2 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
Leviticus 25:23
The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:23 | Exhortation to the Greeks 10.94 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Lev 25:23–34 | Commentary on Jeremiah 6.32 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 414-419 |
Leviticus 25:25
If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:25–37 | Leviticus, lines 225–247 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Leviticus 25:26
Or if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:26 | Homilies on Leviticus 15.2 · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 25:29
If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:29 | Homilies on Leviticus 15.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 25:30
If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:30 | Homilies on Leviticus 15.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 25:31
But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:31 | Homilies on Leviticus 15.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 25:32
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:32 | Homilies on Leviticus 15.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 25:32 | Homilies on Leviticus 15.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 25:33
So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:33 | Homilies on Leviticus 15.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 25:33 | Homilies on Leviticus 15.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 25:35
Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:35 | On Tobit 52 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Leviticus 25:36
Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:36 | Miscellanies 2.18.84 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Lev 25:36–37 | Demonstration 14.3 · Aphrahat | allusion, medium confidence | 337-345 |
| Lev 25:36 | On Tobit 7 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380-390 |
| Lev 25:36–37 | Canonical Letter, Migne PG 45:233 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, low confidence | ca. 390 |
Leviticus 25:37
You must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:37 | On Tobit 52 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Leviticus 25:39
If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:39–55 | Leviticus, lines 248–272 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Leviticus 25:55
For the Israelites are My servants. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 25:55 | Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 2 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 211–213 |