Positive Commandment #279 of 613
The land shall rest unworked during the seventh year
Commandment #279 — a positive obligation from Exodus 34:21, classified under Shemittah and Yovel in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest.”
— Exodus 34:21
Hebrew
כא שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תַּעֲבֹד, וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי תִּשְׁבֹּת; בֶּחָרִישׁ וּבַקָּצִיר, תִּשְׁבֹּת.
Greek (Septuagint)
21 ἓξ ἡμέρας ἐργᾷ, τῇ δὲ ἑβδόμῃ καταπαύσεις· τῷ σπόρῳ καὶ τῷ ἀμήτῳ καταπαύσεις.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Shemittah and Yovel
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 34
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tisa
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #112
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsThe Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Related Commandments in “Shemittah and Yovel”
#280: Do not work the land during the seventh year
Leviticus 25:4
#281: Do not work with trees to produce fruit during the seventh year
Leviticus 25:4
#282: Do not reap crops that grow wild during the seventh year in the normal manner
Leviticus 25:5
#283: Do not gather grapes which grow wild during the seventh year in the normal way
Leviticus 25:5
#284: Leave free all produce which grew in the seventh year
Exodus 23:11
#285: Release all loans during the seventh year
Deuteronomy 15:2
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