Leviticus 25:2

New English Translation

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land must observe a Sabbath to the Lord.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:21

This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. The land experienced its sabbatical years; it remained desolate for seventy years, as prophesied.

Psalm 115:16

The heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has given to mankind.

Exodus 23:10

“For six years you are to sow your land and gather in its produce.

Isaiah 8:8

It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel.”

Jeremiah 27:5

“I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I give it to whomever I see fit.

Leviticus 14:34

“When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give to you for a possession, and I put a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess,

Leviticus 23:32

It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening, from evening until evening you must observe your Sabbath.”

Leviticus 25:1

The Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai:

Leviticus 25:3

Six years you may sow your field, and six years you may prune your vineyard and gather the produce,

Deuteronomy 32:49

“Go up to this Abarim hill country, to Mount Nebo (which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho) and look at the land of Canaan that I am giving to the Israelites as a possession.

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly.

Deuteronomy 34:4

Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it, but you will not cross over there.”