Vayikra 25:1

1 5 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in Mt. Sinai, saying,

Vayikra 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.

Vayikra 25:1 In-Context

1 5 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in Mt. Sinai, saying,

2 Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When ye come into HaAretz which I give you, then shall HaAretz observe a Shabbos rest unto Hashem.

3 Six years thou shalt sow thy sadeh, and six years thou shalt prune thy kerem, and gather in the fruit thereof;

4 But in the Shanah HaShevi’it shall be a Shabbos Shabbaton unto HaAretz, a Shabbos unto Hashem; thou shalt neither sow thy sadeh, nor prune thy kerem (vineyard).

5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy untended vine; for it is Shnat Shabbaton unto HaAretz.