Reference

Leviticus 26:35

Sabbath CommandmentSeventh-Day SabbathLand Sabbath / Rest for the Earth
“As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.”
33

And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

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.

35

As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

36

And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

37

And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

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.

Land Sabbath / Rest for the Earth
Semantic Discovery
90% 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.

Sabbath Commandment

The verse speaks of the land resting because the people did not rest on their Sabbaths, implying a consequence for past actions rather than directly stating the Sabbath is a commandment.

Seventh-Day Sabbath

The verse refers to "sabbaths" in the plural and in the context of land resting, not specifically the seventh day of the week. The "rest" mentioned is for the land, not a direct command for human observance of a seventh-day Sabbath.

Land Sabbath / Rest for the Earth

This verse focuses on the consequence of the land's desolation as a form of forced rest, rather than explicitly outlining the practice of a seven-year cycle or jubilee returns as a positive command for the inhabitants to observe.

Sabbath Commandment
Sabbath Commandment

Cross-References

Isaiah 24:5Thematic

“The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.”

Romans 8:22Thematic

“For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”

Thematic Connections

Sabbath CommandmentSeventh-Day SabbathLand Sabbath / Rest for the Earth

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