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Leviticus 25:4

Rest and sabbath

2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

3 For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.

But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.

5 You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.

6 Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you—for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.
KJV
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.
WEB
but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
ASV
but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto Jehovah: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
DARBY
but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest for the land, a sabbath to Jehovah. Thy field shalt thou not sow, and thy vineyard shalt thou not prune.
BLB
And in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land, a Sabbath to YHWH. Your field you shall not sow, and your vineyard you shall not prune.
ÅB
Men i det syvende år skal det være en høyhellig sabbat for landet, en sabbat for Herren; da skal du ikke tilså din åker og ikke stelle med din vingård.
OTB
men i det sjuende året skal landet ha en sabbatshvile, en sabbat for Herren; du skal ikke så dine marker eller beskjære dine vingårder.
B1930
Men i det syvende år skal det være en høihellig sabbat for landet, en sabbat for Herren; da skal du ikke tilså din aker og ikke stelle med din vingård.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 25:20–23

    Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:21

    So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.

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  • Exodus 23:10–11

    For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

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  • Leviticus 26:43

    For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.

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  • Leviticus 26:34–35

    Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.

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