The Sabbath of the Seventh Year(A)

25 And the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount (B)Sinai, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall (C)keep a sabbath to the Lord. Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit; but in the (D)seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn (E)rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. (F)What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land. And the sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you: for you, your male and female servants, your hired man, and the stranger who dwells with you, for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land—all its produce shall be for food.

The Year of Jubilee

‘And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years.

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Provisions for the Seventh Year

18 (A)‘So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; (B)and you will dwell in the land in safety. 19 Then the land will yield its fruit, and (C)you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety.

20 ‘And if you say, (D)“What shall we eat in the seventh year, since (E)we shall not sow nor gather in our produce?” 21 Then I will (F)command My blessing on you in the (G)sixth year, and it will bring forth produce enough for three years. 22 (H)And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat (I)old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you shall eat of the old harvest.

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