When ye: Leviticus 14:34; Deuteronomy 32:8, Deuteronomy 32:49, Deuteronomy 34:4; Psalms 24:1-2, Psalms 115:16; Isaiah 8:8; Jeremiah 27:5
keep: Heb. rest, Leviticus 23:32 *marg.
a sabbath: Leviticus 26:34-35; Exodus 23:10; 2 Chronicles 36:21
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Leviticus 25:2
Leviticus 25:2
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