laborer until the jubilee year, at which time he was to be freed to go back to his family and ancestral holding. Israelites were not to rule over such debtor Israelites ruthlessly. Israelites could, however, buy and own as inheritable property slaves from other nations. Seventh reading — Leviticus 25:47–26:2 In the seventh reading (, aliyah), if an Israelite fell into straits and came under a resident alien's authority by virtue of his debts, the Israelite debtor was to have the right of redemption. A relative was to redeem him or, if he prospered, he could redeem himself by paying the pro rata share of the sales price for the remaining years until the jubilee. Readings according to the triennial cycle Jews who read the Torah according to the triennial cycle of Torah reading read the parashah according to a different schedule. In inner-biblical interpretation The parashah has parallels or is discussed in these Biblical sources: Leviticus chapter 25 Yom Kippur refers to the Festival of Yom Kippur. In the Hebrew Bible, Yom Kippur is called: the Day of Atonement (, Yom HaKippurim) or a Day of Atonement (, Yom Kippurim); a Sabbath of solemn rest (, Shabbat Shabbaton); and a holy convocation (, mikrah kodesh). Much as Yom Kippur, on the 10th of the month of Tishrei, precedes the Festival of Sukkot, on the 15th of the month of Tishrei, speaks of a period starting on the 10th of the month of Nisan preparatory to the Festival of Passover, on the 15th of the month of Nisan. and and present similar injunctions to observe Yom Kippur. and and set the Holy Day on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishrei). and and instruct that "you shall afflict your souls." makes clear that a full day is intended: "you shall afflict your souls; in the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening." And threatens that whoever "shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from his people." and and command that you "shall do no manner of work." Similarly, and call it a "Sabbath of solemn rest." And in , God threatens that whoever "does any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people." , , and , and describe the purpose of the day to make atonement for the people. Similarly,