Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye shall come into the land which I give you, the (A)land shall [a]keep Sabbath unto the Lord.

[b]Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt cut thy vineyard, and gather the fruit thereof.

But the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of rest unto the land: it shall be the Lord’s Sabbath: thou shalt neither sow thy field nor cut thy vineyard.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:2 Hebrew, shall rest a rest.
  2. Leviticus 25:3 The Jews began the count of this year in September: for then all the fruits were gathered.

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord. For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.(A) But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest,(B) a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.(C)

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