It is from here that we find the famous quote inscribed on the
Liberty Bell, “Proclaim liberty throughout the land, to all the
inhabitants.” (Leviticus 25:10) The verse is in the middle of a
section of laws describing The Jubilee. Every person receives
his or her possessions back. Every slave or indentured servant
is allowed to return to his family. The earth is given an extra
year in which to regain its vitality. Imagine if we lived in
such a balanced world today. When you purchased something, you
knew that it was really only yours on a temporary basis. It
would return to the original owner when the jubilee year came.
Imagine if all the slaves in the 1800s were allowed to return to
their families when the jubilee year arrived. Would that have
been the end of slavery in the South? The jubilee year exists to
remind us that each of us is equal. No matter what we have at a
given time — no matter how rich or how poor, what we can buy or
what we need to sell — we are all equal human beings and there
will be a time