"Speakto the sonsof Israeland sayto them, 'Whenyou comeinto the landwhichI shall giveyou, then the landshall havea sabbathto the LORD.
to fulfillthe wordof the LORDby the mouthof Jeremiah,untilthe landhad enjoyedits sabbaths.Allthe daysof its desolationit keptsabbathuntil seventyyearswere complete.
The heavensare the heavensof the LORD,But the earthHe has givento the sonsof men.
"You shall sowyour landfor sixyearsand gatherin its yield,
"Then it will sweepon into Judah,it will overflowand passthrough,It will reachevento the neck;And the spreadof its wingswill fillthe breadthof your land,O Immanuel.
"I have madethe earth,the menand the beastswhichare on the faceof the earthby My greatpowerand by My outstretchedarm,and I will giveit to the one whois pleasingin My sight.
"Whenyou enterthe landof Canaan,whichI giveyou for a possession,and I puta markof leprosyon a housein the landof your possession,
"It is to be a sabbathof completerestto you, and you shall humbleyour souls;on the ninthof the monthat evening,from eveninguntileveningyou shall keepyour sabbath."
The LORDthen spoketo Mosesat MountSinai,saying,
Sixyearsyou shall sowyour field,and sixyearsyou shall pruneyour vineyardand gatherin its crop,
"Goup to thismountainof the Abarim,MountNebo,whichis in the landof MoaboppositeJericho,and lookat the landof Canaan,whichI am givingto the sonsof Israelfor a possession.
"When the MostHighgavethe nationstheir inheritance,When He separatedthe sonsof man,He setthe boundariesof the peoplesAccording to the numberof the sonsof Israel.
Then the LORDsaidto him, "Thisis the landwhichI sworeto Abraham,Isaac,and Jacob,saying,'I will giveit to your descendants;I have let you see[it] with your eyes,but you shall not gooverthere."
