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Lev 25:4 — But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		Lev 25:20-23; Lev 26:34,35,43; Exd 23:10,11; 2Ch 36:21

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Related Verses

	Lev 25:20	And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
	Lev 25:21	Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
	Lev 25:22	And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat [yet] of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat [of] the old [store].
	Lev 25:23	The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land [is] mine; for ye [are] strangers and sojourners with me.
	Lev 26:34	Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye [be] in your enemies' land; [even] then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
	Lev 26:35	As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
	Lev 26:43	The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
	Exd 23:10	And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
	Exd 23:11	But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.
	2Ch 36:21	To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

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Scott, Thomas. "Leviticus 25:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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