Leviticus 25:2
Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye come into the land that I will give you, the land shall celebrate a sabbath to Jehovah.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Jehovah spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 23:10And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in its produce;
Leviticus 23:32A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls. On the ninth of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
Leviticus 26:35All the days of the desolation it shall rest, [the days in] which it did not rest on your sabbaths, when ye dwelt therein.
Deuteronomy 32:49Go up into this mountain Abarim, mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is opposite Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession,
2 Chronicles 36:21to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.
Psalms 115:16The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah, but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:2-8
The Sabbatical Year. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord . 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; 4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord : thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. 5 That… Read the whole commentary →