I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on  Leviticus 24-25.

The instructions for the Sabbath Year make good sense and are easily workable.  On the other hand, I am not sure how the Jubilee Year would work., even in the circumstance of the Children of Israel entering the Promised Land.  That being said, if they had practiced it from the beginning of their entry into the Promised Land, I can see how it might have worked (and because God had commanded it, I believe that it would have worked). Despite that, the idea of giving everyone a fresh start every 49 years has real merit.  Giving those whose parents, or grandparents, had made decisions which left them impoverished the chance to get out from under that crushing burden does wonders for a society.  In many ways, the Year of Jubilee was designed to institutionalize the idea that everyone should rise, or fall, based on their own ability, not have their lot in life be determined by who their parents were.  This idea serves society well, and abandoning it leads to the gradual, or not so gradual, decline of a society.