Leviticus 25:8

+ 25:8. Lev 25:8 (Lev 25:8-13, 25:20-22) (#4.320): T. To count the seven Sabbath years leading up to the Yovel · shofar blast· / Jubilee · shofar · / R. The Great Rabbinical Court / the Sanhedrin ·Sitting together· must count seven groups of seven years T. Note: Counting seven sets of the seventh Year Sabbath, that is the Sh'mitta ·Release· Year, so 7 Sh'mitta ·Release· Years x 7 sets of years each, this totals 49 years, plus one year which is the 50th year Yovel · shofar blast· / Jubilee · shofar · “‘You shall count off seven Shab'totay ·Intermissions· of years, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven Shab'totay ·Intermissions· of years, even forty-nine years.

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In The King James Version

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

In Context

7For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.

9+ 25:9. Lev 25:9 (Lev 25:8-13, 25:20-22) (#4.321): T. To sound the shofar ·ram’s horn· in the Yovel Year · shofar blast Year·, also called the Jubilee Year · shofar Year·, the 50th year / R. To blow the shofar ·ram’s horn· on the tenth of the month Tishrei to free the slaves T. Directive: On Yom Kippur ·Day of Atonement· in the Yovel Year · shofar blast Year·, also called Jubilee Year · shofar Year·, the 50th year release is to start Then you shall sound the loud shofar ·ram horn· on the tenth day of the seventh month Ethanim ·Ever-flowing durable stream (in Hebrew), 7· or Tishrei ·[Beginning (in Babylonian)]·. On Yom-Kippur ·Day of Atonement· you shall sound the shofar ·ram horn· throughout all your land.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:15+ 23:15. Lev 23:15 (Lev 23:15-16) (#4.301): T. To count the Omer ·Sheath of grain· forty nine days from the Sabbath ·7th day / Complete· after Pesac ·Passover· / R. To count the Omer ·Sheath of grain· forty nine days from the time of harvesting the barley first fruits following Passover and the Sabbath / R. Each man must count the Omer ·Sheath of grain· - seven weeks from the day the new First Fruits #1 wheat offering was brought “‘You shall count from the next day after the Shabath ·Intermission·, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Shab'totay ·Intermissions· shall be completed:

Psalms 89:16In your name they rejoice all day. 2 In your righteousness, they are exalted. 1

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 →

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