Leviticus 25:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

to say to the community of Israel: After you enter the land that I am giving you, it must be allowed to rest one year out of every seven.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:21

Judah was an empty desert, and it stayed that way for seventy years, to make up for all the years it was not allowed to rest. These things happened just as Jeremiah the LORD's prophet had said.

Psalm 115:16

The LORD has kept the heavens for himself, but he has given the earth to us humans.

Exodus 23:10

Plant and harvest your crops for six years,

Isaiah 8:8

Enemy soldiers will cover Judah like a flood reaching up to your neck. But God is with us. He will spread his wings and protect our land.

Jeremiah 27:5

and with my power I created the earth, its people, and all animals. I decide who will rule the earth,

Leviticus 14:34

After I have given you the land of Canaan as your permanent possession, here is what you must do, if I ever put mildew on the walls of any of your homes.

Leviticus 23:32

This is a time of complete rest just like the Sabbath, and everyone must go without eating from the evening of the ninth to the evening of the tenth.

Leviticus 25:1

When Moses was on Mount Sinai, the LORD told him

Leviticus 25:3

You may raise grain and grapes for six years,

Deuteronomy 32:49

Go up into the Abarim Mountain range here in Moab across the Jordan valley from Jericho. And when you reach the top of Mount Nebo, you will be able to see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:8

that God Most High gave land to every nation. He assigned a guardian angel to each of them,

Deuteronomy 34:4

The LORD said, “Moses, this is the land I was talking about when I solemnly promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that I would give land to their descendants. I have let you see it, but you will not cross the Jordan and go in.”