Leviticus 25:1

And the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

In Context

2Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, observe the rest of the sabbath to the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:1In the third month of the departure of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on this day they came into the wilderness of Sinai:

Numbers 10:11The second year, in the second month, the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the covenant.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:1

The law of this chapter concerns the lands and estates of the Israelites in Canaan, the occupying and transferring of which were to be under the divine direction, as well as the management of religious worship; for, as the tabernacle was a holy house, so Canaan was a holy land; and upon that account, as much as any thing, it was the glory of all lands. In token of a peculiar title which God had to this land, and a right to dispose of it, he appointed, I. That every seventh year should be a year of rest from… Read the whole commentary →

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