Leviticus 25:2
Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them:—When ye enter into the land which, I, am giving you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Yahweh spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai, saying—
Cross References
Exodus 23:10And six years, shalt thou sow thy land,—and shalt gather the yield thereof;
Leviticus 23:32A sabbath of sacred rest, shall it be unto you, so shall ye humble your souls,—on the ninth of the month in the evening, from evening to evening, shall ye keep your sabbath.
Leviticus 26:35All the days she lieth desolate, shall she keep sabbath,—the which she kept not as your sabbaths,—while ye dwelt thereupon.
Deuteronomy 32:49Get thee up into this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is over against Jericho—and behold the land of Canaan which I am giving unto the sons of Israel, for a possession;
2 Chronicles 36:21to fulfil the word of God, by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had paid off her sabbaths,—all the days of her lying desolate, she kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.
Psalms 115:16As for the heavens, the heavens, belong to Yahweh, but the earth, hath he given to the sons 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 →