Parshat Behar

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The sabbatical year, the jubilee year, laws of land ownership, and the prohibition against usury. Leviticus 25:1-26:2.

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Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:16

And when we look at texts like the Book of Jubilees, we see just how far that went. The Book of Jubilees, considered scripture by some Jewish and Christian groups, particularly in ...

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Moses's Legacy and Dinah

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:20

to the Book of Jubilees, a text not found in the Hebrew Bible itself, but considered sacred by some, particularly within Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity. It's a retelling of Genesi...

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Shechem and the Patriarchs and Sacrifice

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:25

And the Book of Jubilees, a text not included in the standard Hebrew Bible but valued in some Jewish traditions, certainly has something to say about it. Jubilees chapter 30, in pa...

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Righteousness of Levi

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:28

The Book of Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories of Genesis and Exodus, but with a fascinating emphasis on chronology and the observan...

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Abraham and Creation

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 30:31

The Book of Jubilees, a text that expands on the narratives in Genesis and Exodus, offers a fascinating glimpse into this very idea. It presents a world where our actions have cosm...

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Jacob and the Patriarchs

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 31:34

That feeling, that yearning for a brighter future, it’s ancient. And it echoes beautifully in the Book of Jubilees, specifically in Chapter 31, a moment of pure blessing and hope. ...

PatriarchsHoly Land

Jacob's Transgression

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 32:24

We find this pivotal moment described in the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating Jewish text from around the second century BCE that retells and expands upon stories from the Torah. In...

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Moses Faces Judgment

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 33:13

The Book of Jubilees, a text from around the 2nd century BCE, gives us a glimpse into that mindset. It’s a retelling of Genesis and Exodus, but with some… well, let's call them exp...

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Moses Before the Flood

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 33:20

In it, we find a stark warning, a line drawn in the sand regarding actions so egregious that they warrant the ultimate penalty. The passage states, “And for this law there is no co...

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