Leviticus 25:2

New International Version

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:21

The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.

Psalm 115:16

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

Exodus 23:10

“For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops,

Isaiah 8:8

and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel!”

Jeremiah 27:5

With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.

Leviticus 14:34

“When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a spreading mold in a house in that land,

Leviticus 23:32

It is a day of sabbath rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.”

Leviticus 25:1

The Lord said to Moses at Mount Sinai,

Leviticus 25:3

For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.

Deuteronomy 32:49

“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession.

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

Deuteronomy 34:4

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