Leviticus 25:2

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“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:34-35 : 34 “‘Then the land will make up for its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate while you are in the land of your enemies; then the land will rest and make up its Sabbaths. 35 All the days of the desolation it will have the rest it did not have on your Sabbaths when you lived on it.
  • 2 Chr 36:21 : 21 This took place to fulfill the LORD’s message spoken through Jeremiah and lasted until the land experienced its sabbatical years. All the time of its desolation the land rested in order to fulfill the seventy years.
  • Exod 23:10 : 10 Sabbaths and Feasts“For six years you are to sow your land and gather in its produce.
  • Lev 14:34 : 34 “When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give to you for a possession, and I put a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess,
  • Lev 23:32 : 32 It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening, from evening until evening you must observe your Sabbath.”
  • Ps 24:1-2 : 1 A psalm of David. The LORD owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it. 2 For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.
  • Isa 8:8 : 8 It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel.”
  • Jer 27:5 : 5 “I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I give it to whomever I see fit.
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly.
  • Deut 32:49 : 49 “Go up to this Abarim hill country, to Mount Nebo(which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho) and look at the land of Canaan that I am giving to the Israelites as a possession.
  • Deut 34:4 : 4 Then the LORD said to him,“This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said,‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it, but you will not cross over there.”

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  • Num 15:1-2
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    1Sacrificial Rulings The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you enter the land where you are to live, which I am giving you,

  • Num 15:17-18
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    17Rules for First Fruits The LORD spoke to Moses:

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  • Lev 25:1
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    1Regulations for the Sabbatical Year The LORD spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai:

  • Lev 25:3-8
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    3Six years you may sow your field, and six years you may prune your vineyard and gather the produce,

    4but in the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath of complete rest– a Sabbath to the LORD. You must not sow your field or prune your vineyard.

    5You must not gather in the aftergrowth of your harvest and you must not pick the grapes of your unpruned vines; the land must have a year of complete rest.

    6You may have the Sabbath produce of the land to eat– you, your male servant, your female servant, your hired worker, the resident foreigner who stays with you,

    7your cattle, and the wild animals that are in your land– all its produce will be for you to eat.

    8Regulations for the Jubilee Year of Release“‘You must count off seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, and the days of the seven weeks of years will amount to forty-nine years.

  • Lev 26:34-35
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    34“‘Then the land will make up for its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate while you are in the land of your enemies; then the land will rest and make up its Sabbaths.

    35All the days of the desolation it will have the rest it did not have on your Sabbaths when you lived on it.

  • Num 34:1-2
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    1The Southern Border of the Land Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Give these instructions to the Israelites, and tell them:‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders,

  • Lev 23:9-10
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    9The Presentation of First Fruits The LORD spoke to Moses:

    10“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest, then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest to the priest,

  • Exod 23:10-11
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    10Sabbaths and Feasts“For six years you are to sow your land and gather in its produce.

    11But in the seventh year you must let it lie fallow and leave it alone so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave any animal in the field may eat; you must do likewise with your vineyard and your olive grove.

  • Deut 26:1
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    1Presentation of the First Fruits When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it,

  • Exod 31:16
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    16The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.

  • Lev 26:2
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    2You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 13:11
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    11When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

  • Lev 23:1-3
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    1Regulations for Israel’s Appointed Times The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘These are the LORD’s appointed times which you must proclaim as holy assemblies– my appointed times:

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  • Lev 19:25
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    25Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 34:21
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    21“On six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to rest.

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    25When you enter the land that the LORD will give to you, just as he said, you must observe this ceremony.

  • Lev 25:19-22
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    19“‘The land will give its fruit and you may eat until you are satisfied, and you may live securely in the land.

    20If you say,‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow and gather our produce?’

    21I will command my blessing for you in the sixth year so that it may yield the produce for three years,

    22and you may sow the eighth year and eat from that sixth year’s produce– old produce. Until you bring in the ninth year’s produce, you may eat old produce.

  • Lev 18:2
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    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘I am the LORD your God!

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    12Sabbath Observance The LORD said to Moses,

    13“Tell the Israelites,‘Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

  • Lev 23:23
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    23The Festival of Horn Blasts The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 25:12
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    12Because that year is a jubilee, it will be holy to you– you may eat its produce from the field.

  • Num 35:10
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    10“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you cross over the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,

  • Deut 5:12
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    12Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Lev 25:24
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    24In all your landed property you must provide for the right of redemption of the land.

  • Exod 25:1
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    1The Materials for the Sanctuary The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 18:25
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    25Instructions for the Levites The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 23:39
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    39“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you must celebrate a pilgrim festival of the LORD for seven days. On the first day is a complete rest and on the eighth day is complete rest.

  • Lev 19:30
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    30Purity, Honor, Respect, and Honesty“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 26:5
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    5Threshing season will extend for you until the season for harvesting grapes, and the season for harvesting grapes will extend until sowing season, so you will eat your bread until you are satisfied, and you will live securely in your land.

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    10So you must consecrate the fiftieth year, and you must proclaim a release in the land for all its inhabitants. That year will be your jubilee; each one of you must return to his property and each one of you must return to his clan.

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    4Willing Workers Moses spoke to the whole community of the Israelites,“This is the word that the LORD has commanded: