Israel was to do this as a radical demonstration that the land belonged to God, not to them. In the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land: This applied to both grain crops and fruit-bearing plants. And the sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you: for you, your male and female servants, your hired man, and the stranger who dwells with you, for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land-all its produce shall be for food.Ī. What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the LORD. Each Sabbath year was also to be a time for an extensive Bible seminar for the whole nation. In the Feast of Tabernacles on the Sabbath year, the law was to be read to all the people by the priests (Deuteronomy 31:9-13). They had to trust God that He would provide enough in the harvest of six years to see them through the seventh year of rest. Then the land shall keep a sabbath to the LORD: Obviously, this called Israel to truly trust God. This was mentioned before in Exodus 23:11.Ĭ. This described a Sabbath of years for the land, where the land received a rest one year out of seven. The land shall keep a sabbath to the LORD: We are familiar with the idea of a sabbath of days, where one day out of seven is specially dedicated to God and His rest. Israel remained at Mount Sinai from the time of Exodus 19, all through Leviticus, and up to Numbers 10.ī. This reminds us that Israel was still camped at Mount Sinai, and that Moses received these laws from God as he met with the LORD on the mountain. Additionally, as far as Moses and the people knew, they were only a matter of months from entering in. Israel was still in the wilderness, and not yet in the Promised Land. When you come into the land which I give you: These laws were given in faith. (1-2) The land and its Sabbath.Īnd the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the LORD.Ī. Leviticus 25 – Special Sabbaths and Jubilees A.
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