Leviticus 25:1-7

The Sabbath Year

1 1The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,
2 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into 2the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the LORD.
3 For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits,
4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
5 3You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
6 The Sabbath of the land shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves and for your hired servant and the sojourner who lives with you,
7 and for your cattle and for the wild animals that are in your land: 4all its yield shall be for food.

Cross References 4

  • 1. Leviticus 26:46
  • 2. Exodus 23:10, 11; [Leviticus 26:34, 35; 2 Chronicles 36:21]
  • 3. [2 Kings 19:29]; Isaiah 37:30
  • 4. ver. 12
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