Leviticus 25:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, let the land, too, keep a sabbath for the Lord.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:21

All this was to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah: Until the land has retrieved its lost sabbaths, during all the time it lies waste it shall have rest while seventy years are fulfilled. Decree of Cyrus.

Psalm 115:16

The heavens belong to the Lord, but he has given the earth to the children of Adam.

Exodus 23:10

For six years you may sow your land and gather in its produce.

Isaiah 8:8

It shall roll on into Judah, it shall rage and pass on— up to the neck it shall reach. But his outspread wings will fill the width of your land, Emmanuel!

Jeremiah 27:5

It was I who made the earth, human being and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power, with my outstretched arm; and I can give them to whomever I think fit.

Leviticus 14:34

When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving you to possess, if I put a fungal infection in any house of the land you occupy,

Leviticus 23:32

it is a sabbath of complete rest for you. You shall humble yourselves. Beginning on the evening of the ninth of the month, you shall keep your sabbath from evening to evening. The Feast of Booths.

Leviticus 25:1

The Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai:

Leviticus 25:3

For six years you may sow your field, and for six years prune your vineyard, gathering in their produce.

Deuteronomy 32:49

Ascend this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo in the land of Moab facing Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as a possession.

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High allotted each nation its heritage, when he separated out human beings, He set up the boundaries of the peoples after the number of the divine beings;

Deuteronomy 34:4

The Lord then said to him, This is the land about which I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, “I will give it to your descendants.” I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you shall not cross over.