Leviticus 25:1-9 ▼

1 The LORD told Moses on Mount Sinai,

2 |Tell the Israelis that when you enter the land that I'm about to give you, you are to let the land observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

3 For six years you may plant your fields, and for six years you may prune your vineyard and gather its produce.

4 But the seventh year is to be a Sabbath of rest for the land—a Sabbath for the LORD. You are not to plant your field or prune your vineyard.

5 You are not to gather what grows from the spilled kernels of your crops. You are not to pick the grapes of your untrimmed vines. Let it be a year of Sabbath for the land.

6 You may take the Sabbath produce of the land for your food—you, your male and maid servants, your hired laborers, and the resident alien with you.

7 The cattle and the wild animals in your land—everything it produces—are for your food.

8 |Count for yourselves seven years of Sabbaths—seven times seven years. This set of seven weeks of years total 49 years for you.

9 Sound a horn on the tenth day of the seventh month of this fiftieth year. Likewise, on the Day of Atonement, sound the horn throughout your land.