Leviticus 25:8

New International Reader's Version

“ ‘Count off seven sabbath years. Count off seven times seven years. The seven sabbath years add up to a total of 49 years.

Cross References

Genesis 2:2

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing. So on that day he rested from all his work.

Psalm 89:16

All day long they are full of joy because of who you are. They celebrate the fact that you do what is right.

Daniel 9:24

“The Lord has appointed 70 ‘weeks’ for your people and your holy city. During that time, acts against God’s law will be stopped. Sin will come to an end. And the evil things people do will be paid for. Then everyone will always do what is right. Everything that has been made known in visions and prophecies will come true. And the Most Holy Room in the temple will be anointed.

Leviticus 23:15

“ ‘The day you brought the grain for the wave offering was the day after the Sabbath. Count off seven full weeks from that day.

Leviticus 25:7

And so will your livestock and the wild animals that are in your land. Anything the land produces can be eaten.

Leviticus 25:9

The tenth day of the seventh month is the day when sin is paid for. On that day blow the trumpet all through your land.

Numbers 36:4

The Year of Jubilee for the Israelites will come. Then their share will be added to the land of the tribe they marry into. Their land will be taken away from the share given to our tribe.”