Shemittah and Yovel Commandments

There are 19 biblical commandments in the “Shemittah and Yovel” category — 8 positive and 11 negative.

+Positive Commandments (8)

279
The land shall rest unworked during the seventh year

Exodus 34:21

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

288
The Sanhedrin must count seven groups of seven years

Leviticus 25:8

289
The Sanhedrin must sanctify the fiftieth year

Leviticus 25:10

290
Blow the ram's horn on the tenth day of the seventh month to free the slaves

Leviticus 25:9

294
Carry out the laws of sold family properties in the fiftieth year

Leviticus 25:24

296
Carry out the laws of houses in walled cities

Leviticus 25:29

−Negative Commandments (11)

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

286
Do not pressure or claim from the borrower during the seventh year

Deuteronomy 15:2

287
Do not refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss

Deuteronomy 15:9

291
Do not work the soil during the fiftieth year

Leviticus 25:11

292
Do not reap in the normal manner that which grows wild in the fiftieth year

Leviticus 25:11

293
Do not pick grapes which grew wild in the normal manner in the fiftieth year

Leviticus 25:11

295
Do not sell the land in Israel indefinitely

Leviticus 25:23

300
Do not sell the fields of the Levites but they shall belong to Levites before and after the Jubilee year

Leviticus 25:34

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96 commandments · 50+ / 46−

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70 commandments · 31+ / 39−

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41 commandments · 23+ / 18−

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40 commandments · 2+ / 38−

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35 commandments · 10+ / 25−

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