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Positive Commandment #288 of 613

The Sanhedrin must count seven groups of seven years

Commandment #288a positive obligation from Leviticus 25:8, classified under Shemittah and Yovel in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

You are also to count off seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years, so that you have the time of the seven sabbaths of years, namely, forty-nine years.

Leviticus 25:8

Hebrew

ח וְסָפַרְתָּ לְךָ, שֶׁבַע שַׁבְּתֹת שָׁנִים--שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים, שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים; וְהָיוּ לְךָ, יְמֵי שֶׁבַע שַׁבְּתֹת הַשָּׁנִים, תֵּשַׁע וְאַרְבָּעִים, שָׁנָה.

Greek (Septuagint)

8 Καὶ ἐξαριθμήσεις σεαυτῷ ἑπτὰ ἀναπαύσεις ἐτῶν, ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἑπτάκις, καὶ ἔσονταί σοι ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάδες ἐτῶν ἐννέα καὶ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη.

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
leviticus
Chapter
25

Scholarly References

Parashah
B'har
Sefer HaChinuch
#330
Mishneh Torah
SeedsThe Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee

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