Leviticus 25:1

The Seventh Year

1 Then the LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai, ¹

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

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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.

Leviticus 25:1 In-Context

1 Then the LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,

2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

3 For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.

4 But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.

5 You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.

Cross References

• 1. (Exodus 23:10–13; Deuteronomy 15:1–6)