Leviticus 25:8
in Leviticus 25And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Leviticus 25
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThou shalt number seven Sabbaths of years - This seems to state that the jubilee was to be celebrated on the forty-ninth year; but in Lev 25:10 and Lev 25:11 it is said, Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and, A jubilee shall this fiftieth year be. Probably in this verse Moses either includes the preceding jubilee, and thus with the forty-ninth makes up the number fifty; or he speaks of proclaiming the jubilee on the forty-ninth, and celebrating it on the fiftieth year current.
This site's exposition
thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years
on Leviticus 25:8-9
Seven sabbaths of years are counted out, seven times seven, and the count closes at forty and nine. The trumpet is then sounded on the tenth day of the seventh month, which Leviticus 16:29 fixed as the day of atonement, so liberty is proclaimed on the one day of the year the nation's sin has been carried away. The word jubile occurs here for the first time in Scripture.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Seven sabbaths of weeks were reckoned from the passover to the feast of pentecost (or fiftieth day, for so pentecost signifies), and so seven sabbaths of years from one jubilee to another, and the seventh is called the fiftieth; and all this honour is put upon the sevenths for the sake of God's resting the seventh day from the work of creation.
And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The land, as on the sabbatic year, was neither sowed nor reaped, but allowed to enjoy with its inhabitants a sabbath of repose; and its natural produce was the common property of all. Moreover, every inheritance throughout the land of Judea was restored to its original owner.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The land was to be divided by lot among the families of the Israelites when the possession of it was obtained. Num 26:52-56; Num 33:54, etc. At the end of every seventh sabbatical cycle of years, in the year of Jubilee, each field or estate that might have been alienated was to be restored to the family to which it had been originally allotted. Lev 25:8 Seven sabbaths of years - seven weeks of years. Lev 25:9 Cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound - Rather, cause the sound of the cornet to go through (the land). The word jubile does not occur in this verse in the Hebrew. The trumpet is the shofar שׁפר shôphār, i. e. the cornet (rendered “shawm” in the Prayer-Book version of Psa 98:7), either the horn of some animal or a tube of metal shaped like one. As the sound of the cornet (see Lev 25:10 note) was the signal of the descent of Yahweh when He came down upon Sinai to take Israel into covenant with Himself Exo 19:13, Exo 19:16, Exo 19:19; Exo 20:18, so the same sound announced, at the close of the great day of atonement, after the Evening sacrifice, the year which restored each Israelite to the freedom and the blessings of the covenant. Lev 25:10 The fiftieth year - The Jubilee probably coincided with each seventh sabbatical year, and was called the fiftieth, as being the last of a series of which the first was the preceding Jubilee. A jubile - Commonly spelled jubilee. The original word first occurs in Exo 19:13, where it is rendered “trumpet,” margin “cornet.” It most probably denotes the sound of the cornet, not the cornet itself, and is derived from a root, signifying to flow abundantly, which by a familiar metaphor might be applied to sound.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְסָפַרְתָּ֣ | vesafarta | and you will count | H5608 → | 159 times |
| לְךָ֗ | lekha | for <the> yourself | ||
| שֶׁ֚בַע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| שַׁבְּתֹ֣ת | shabetot | sabbaths of | H7676 → | 110 times |
| שָׁנִ֔ים | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| שֶׁ֥בַע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| שָׁנִ֖ים | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| שֶׁ֣בַע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| פְּעָמִ֑ים | peamim | times | H6471 → | 118 times |
| וְהָי֣וּ | vehayu | and they will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְךָ֗ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| יְמֵי֙ | yemei | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שֶׁ֚בַע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| שַׁבְּתֹ֣ת | shabetot | [the] sabbaths of | H7676 → | 110 times |
| הַשָּׁנִ֔ים | hashanim | <the> years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| תֵּ֥שַׁע | tesha' | nine | H8672 → | |
| וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים | vearbaim | and forty | H705 → | |
| שָׁנָֽה׃ | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
וְסָפַרְתָּ֣and you will count
vesafartaH5608 →159 times
לְךָ֗for <the> yourself
lekha
שֶׁ֚בַעseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
שַׁבְּתֹ֣תsabbaths of
shabetotH7676 →110 times
שָׁנִ֔יםyears
shanimH8141 →877 times
שֶׁ֥בַעseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
שָׁנִ֖יםyears
shanimH8141 →877 times
שֶׁ֣בַעseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
פְּעָמִ֑יםtimes
peamimH6471 →118 times
וְהָי֣וּand they will be
vehayuH1961 →3559 times
לְךָ֗to <the> you
lekha
יְמֵי֙[the] days of
yemeiH3117 →2304 times
שֶׁ֚בַעseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
שַׁבְּתֹ֣ת[the] sabbaths of
shabetotH7676 →110 times
הַשָּׁנִ֔ים<the> years
hashanimH8141 →877 times
תֵּ֥שַׁעnine
tesha'H8672 →
וְאַרְבָּעִ֖יםand forty
vearbaimH705 →
שָׁנָֽה׃year[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 2:2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
it leads to
- Hebrews 4:4
For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
- Exodus 31:17
It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
- Deuteronomy 5:14
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox…
- Exodus 23:12
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be…
- Exodus 20:8–11
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
- Hebrews 4:4
Through
Leviticus 23:15From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.
it leads to
- Leviticus 23:10–11
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of…
- Exodus 34:22
And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
- Deuteronomy 16:9–10
You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
- Leviticus 23:10–11
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.