Reference

Leviticus 25:8

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
6

And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,

7

And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.

8

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

9

Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

10

And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Land Sabbath / Rest for the Earth
Semantic Discovery
50% 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.

Counter-Arguments

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

Seventh-Day Sabbath

This verse refers to "sabbaths of years" and a period of forty-nine years, not a weekly seventh-day Sabbath. The concept of "sabbath" is applied to a cycle of years, distinct from the weekly day of rest.

Land Sabbath / Rest for the Earth

This verse describes a calculation of time (seven times seven years equaling forty-nine years) but does not explicitly mention the land resting, fallow fields, or any direct instruction regarding the land itself. It focuses solely on the duration of a cycle.