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TABLE 1. Two Traditions for Sabbaticals & Jubilees
Rabbinical Exodus in 1312 BC				Exodus in 1255 BC
50-Year Jubilee Cycle				49-Year Jubilee Cycle		NOTE
Entry into Canaan		14 yrs after Entry
Cyrus captures Babylon in 373 BC	1272 / 1258 jubilee (1258) 1222 / 1208 1^st jubilee 1072 / 1058 4^th jubilee 1022 / 1008 5^th jubilee Jephthah’s 300^th yr (972) 972 / 958 6^th jubilee David’s 1^st yr (872) 872 / 858 8^th jubilee 822 / 808 9^th jubilee 772 / 758 10^th jubilee 722 / 708 11^th jubilee 672 / 658 12^th jubilee 622 / 604 13^th jubilee 572 / 558 14^th jubilee 522 / 508 15^th jubilee 472 / 458 16^th jubilee 422 / 405 17^th jubilee Jerusalem Burned (421) 490 yrs before 70 AD 373 / 359 18^th jubilee			1255 Exodus 1206 1^st jubilee 1059 4^th jubilee 1010 5^th jubilee – David 968 961 6^th jubilee 926 Shishak 912 7^th jubilee 863 8^th jubilee 814 9^th jubilee 765 10^th jubilee 716 11^th jubilee 667 12^th jubilee 618 13^th jubilee 569 14^th jubilee 520 15^th jubilee 471 16^th jubilee 422 17^th jubilee		The rabbinical view has 17 jubilees between 1272 (when the Israelites entered Canaan) and 422 BC (when Jerusalem fell). The exodus would be in 1312 BC. In contrast, 1255 BC (for the exodus) is 17 jubilees before 422 BC, but these would be 49-year jubilees. TABLE 1 compares the two views showing how they both merge, or dovetail, in 422 BC. Rabbinic tradition says the jubilee cycle began in 1258, 14 years after 1272, i.e., 14 years after the fall of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 40:1), 14 years after the fall of Babylon, and 14 years after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD. The Bar Kochba revolt against Rome was 49 years after the 14 years after 70 AD. 1272 was the entry into Canaan.
Rabbinical Sabbaticals: 2510 AM / 1250 BC 4936 AM / 1175 AD 4955 AM / 1195 AD 5327 AM / 1567 AD 5525 AM / 1765 AD 5649 AM / 1889 AD			Future Sabbatical: Sept. 14, 2015 AD (Tishri 1, 5776)		1966 / 1980 66^th jub. 1980 / 1994 1987 / 2001 1994 / 2008 2001 / 2015 2015 / 2022 2022 / 2029 67^th jub.	972 is Jephthah’s 300^th year mentioned in Judges 11:26, 140 years before the temple (I Kings 6:1). 872 is David’s first year. 49-yr Jubilees allegedly occur after the temple burned in 422. The cycle ends in 132. So 373 (372) is Cyrus’ decree.
			The exodus was in 1255 if counted backwards from 422 BC. Then the jubilees were in 1010 (David’s first year), 961 (Solomon’s 12^th year), & 520 BC (when the 2^nd temple was founded). Sabbaticals are in 562, 457, 163, 135, 37 BC, 2015 AD. Early on, the Messiah was expected to come (or return) during the last seven years of a jubilee cycle, most likely in year one. This would explain the fervor aroused in 27-34 AD, 69-70 AD and in 132 AD about a Messiah coming to restore the land to Israel. 2022-29 AD is the last seven years of the (67^th jubilee), 1960 yrs. (490x 4) after 69 AD.

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