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The biblical requirement is that the Jubilee year was to be treated like a Sabbatical year, with the land lying fallow, but also required the compulsory return of all property to its original owners or their heirs, except the houses of laymen within walled cities, in addition to the manumission of all Israelite indentured servants. [17]
A jubilee is a special year of remission of sins, debts and universal pardon. In the Book of Leviticus, a jubilee year is mentioned to occur every 50th year (after 49 years, 7x7, as per Lev 25:8, NRSV) during which slaves and prisoners would be freed, debts would be forgiven and the mercies of God would be particularly manifest.
A Jubilee is often used to refer to the celebration of a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term comes from the Hebrew Bible (see, "Old Testament"), initially concerning a recurring religious observance involving a set number of years, that notably involved freeing of debt slaves.
The Great Jubilee in 2000 was a major event in the Catholic Church, held from Christmas Eve (24 December) 1999 to Epiphany (6 January) 2001. Like other previous Jubilee years , it was a celebration of the mercy of God and forgiveness of sins.
In 1984, the phrase "Diamond Jubilee" was used by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in its logo for the sixtieth anniversary of the studio. In 2015 it marked Disneyland Park's Diamond Jubilee to celebrate 60 years. In 2025, Singapore will celebrate the diamond jubilee year from independence from Malaysia with the inaugural event on 31st December 2024.
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Jubilee (biblical) (Hebrew yovel יובל), end of seven cycles of shmita (Sabbatical years) in the Mosaic Law; Jubilee of the Reunification of Jerusalem, an Israeli celebration in 2017; Jubilee in the Catholic Church, occurring every 25 years, in celebration of the mercy of God Great Jubilee, the Catholic jubilee that occurred in the year 2000
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee will be a milestone celebrated across the country in honour of a monarch who has left an indelible mark on the life of the nation.