Reference

Leviticus 23:39

Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
37

These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:

38

Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the Lord.

39

Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

40

And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

41

And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Sabbath Commandment
Semantic Discovery
80% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Stewardship of Creation
Multi-Signal Classification
30% relevance

This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Land Sabbath / Rest for the Earth
Keyword Match
95% relevance

This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Seventh-Day Sabbath

The verse refers to "a sabbath" on the first and eighth days of the feast, not specifically the seventh day of the week. These are designated rest days for the feast, distinct from the weekly seventh-day Sabbath.

First Day of the Week

The verse explicitly mentions "the first day" and "the eighth day" in relation to a seven-day feast, but it does not refer to the "first day of the week" as a recurring weekly cycle.

Sabbath Commandment

The verse describes specific days as "a sabbath" within the context of a particular feast, but it does not explicitly state that these sabbaths are part of the general Sabbath commandment given in the Decalogue or that they are commandments themselves, distinct from the feast's observance.

Sabbath at Creation

This verse describes specific sabbaths related to a harvest feast in the seventh month, not the original seventh day of creation. It focuses on an annual observance within a ritual calendar, without any mention of creation or God's rest.

Stewardship of Creation

The verse describes a religious feast celebrating the harvest, which is an outcome of human interaction with the land, but it does not explicitly command or describe acts of tending, keeping, or managing creation. The focus is on the celebration itself rather than the ongoing responsibility for the land.

Land Sabbath / Rest for the Earth

This verse describes a seven-day feast following the gathering of fruit, with specific days designated as Sabbaths, but it does not mention seven-year cycles, jubilee returns, or fallow fields for the land itself. The "sabbath" mentioned here refers to a day of rest for people, not a rest for the earth.

Dominion Over Creation

The verse describes a religious observance tied to the harvest, acknowledging the gathering of fruit as a past event, but it does not contain any language about humanity's authority, rule, or control over the natural world. Instead, it focuses on keeping a feast "unto the Lord," suggesting an act of worship or remembrance rather than an assertion of dominion.