Leviticus 25:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep a Sabbath to the Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:34-35 : 34 Then will the land take pleasure in its Sabbaths while it is waste and you are living in the land of your haters; then will the land have rest. 35 All the days while it is waste will the land have rest, such rest as it never had in your Sabbaths, when you were living in it.
  • 2 Chr 36:21 : 21 So that the words of the Lord, which he said by the mouth of Jeremiah, might come true, till the land had had pleasure in her Sabbaths; for as long as she was waste the land kept the Sabbath, till seventy years were complete.
  • Exod 23:10 : 10 For six years put seed into your fields and get in the increase;
  • Lev 14:34 : 34 When you have come into the land of Canaan which I will give you for your heritage, if I put the leper's disease on a house in the land of your heritage,
  • Lev 23:32 : 32 Let this be a Sabbath of special rest to you, and keep yourselves from all pleasure; on the ninth day of the month at nightfall from evening to evening, let this Sabbath be kept.
  • Ps 24:1-2 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it. 2 For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.
  • Isa 8:8 : 8 And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; *** and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.
  • Jer 27:5 : 5 I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure.
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.
  • Deut 32:49 : 49 Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo in the land of Moab opposite Jericho; there you may see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel for their heritage:
  • Deut 34:4 : 4 And the Lord said to him, This is the land about which I made an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed: now I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not go in there.

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  • Num 15:1-2
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

    2 Say to the children of Israel, When you have come into the land which I am giving to you for your resting-place,

  • Num 15:17-18
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    17 And the Lord said to Moses,

    18 Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land where I am guiding you,

  • Lev 25:1
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai,

  • Lev 25:3-8
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    3 For six years put seed into your land, and for six years give care to your vines and get in the produce of them;

    4 But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut.

    5 That which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes of your uncared-for vines may not be taken off; let it be a year of rest for the land.

    6 And the Sabbath of the land will give food for you and your man-servant and your woman-servant and those working for payment, and for those of another country who are living among you;

    7 And for your cattle and the beasts on the land; all the natural increase of the land will be for food.

    8 And let seven Sabbaths of years be numbered to you, seven times seven years; even the days of seven Sabbaths of years, that is forty-nine years;

  • Lev 26:34-35
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    34 Then will the land take pleasure in its Sabbaths while it is waste and you are living in the land of your haters; then will the land have rest.

    35 All the days while it is waste will the land have rest, such rest as it never had in your Sabbaths, when you were living in it.

  • Num 34:1-2
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

    2 Give orders to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land which is to be your heritage, the land of Canaan inside these limits,)

  • Lev 23:9-10
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    9 And the Lord said to Moses,

    10 Say to the children of Israel, When you have come to the land which I will give you, and have got in the grain from its fields, take some of the first-fruits of the grain to the priest;

  • Exod 23:10-11
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    10 For six years put seed into your fields and get in the increase;

    11 But in the seventh year let the land have a rest and be unplanted; so that the poor may have food from it: and let the beasts of the field take the rest. Do the same with your vine-gardens and your olive-trees.

  • Deut 26:1
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    1 Now when you have come into the land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage, and you have made it yours and are living in it;

  • Exod 31:16
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    16 And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.

  • Lev 26:2
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    2 Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 13:11
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    11 And when the Lord takes you into the land of Canaan, as he made his oath to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

  • Lev 23:1-3
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

    2 Say to the children of Israel, These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, which you will keep for holy meetings: these are my feasts.

    3 On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.

  • Lev 19:25
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    25 But in the fifth year you may take the fruit and the increase of it for your food: I am the Lord your God.

  • Exod 34:21
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    21 Six days let work be done, but on the seventh day take your rest: at ploughing time and at the grain-cutting you are to have a day for rest.

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    25 And when you come into the land which the Lord will make yours, as he gave his word, you are to keep this act of worship.

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    19 And the land will give her fruit, and you will have food in full measure and be safe in the land.

    20 And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase

    21 Then I will send my blessing on you in the sixth year, and the land will give fruit enough for three years.

    22 And in the eighth year you will put in your seed, and get your food from the old stores, till the fruit of the ninth year is ready.

  • Lev 18:2
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    2 Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.

  • Exod 31:12-13
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    12 And the Lord said to Moses,

    13 Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.

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    23 And the Lord said to Moses,

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    12 For it is the Jubilee, and it is holy to you; your food will be the natural increase of the field.

  • Num 35:10
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    10 Say to the children of Israel, when you have gone over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

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    12 Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God.

  • Lev 25:24
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    24 Wherever there is property in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.

  • Exod 25:1
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 18:25
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    25 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Lev 23:39
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    39 But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have got in all the fruits of the land, you will keep the feast of the Lord for seven days: the first day will be a Sabbath, and the eighth day the same.

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    30 Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.

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    5 And the crushing of the grain will overtake the cutting of the grapes, and the cutting of the grapes will overtake the planting of the seed, and there will be bread in full measure, and you will be living in your land safely.

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    10 And let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from debt: it is the Jubilee, and every man may go back to his heritage and to his family.

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    4 And Moses said to all the meeting of the children of Israel, This is the order which the Lord has given: