Leviticus 25:1

The Sabbath Year

1 The LORD said to Moses at Mount Sinai,

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Leviticus 25:1 in Other Translations

KJV

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

ESV

1 The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,

NLT

1 While Moses was on Mount Sinai, the LORD said to him,

MSG

1 God spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai,

CSB

1 The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai:

Leviticus 25:1 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai
Not when Moses was with the Lord on that mount forty days, but after he came down from thence, even after the tabernacle was set up, while the children of Israel where encamped about that mountain, and before they took their journey from thence; for they continued some time in the wilderness of Sinai, and here it was the Lord spoke to Moses; for the words may be rendered "by" or "near Mount Sinai" ^F7; and so Josephus

FOOTNOTES:

F8 says, the following laws were delivered to Moses, when Israel was encamped under Mount Sinai:

saying;
as follows.

F7 (rhb) "apud seu juxta montem", Piscator; so Ainsworth, Patrick
F8 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 12. sect. 3.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Leviticus 25:1 In-Context

1 The LORD said to Moses at Mount Sinai,

2 “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.

3 For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.

4 But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a sabbath to the LORD. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.

5 Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. The land is to have a year of rest.

Cross References 1

1. Exodus 19:11