Mitzvah #279 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„The land shall rest unworked during the seventh year“
Scripture Reference: EXO 34:21 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Ki Tisa)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כא שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תַּעֲבֹד, וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי תִּשְׁבֹּת; בֶּחָרִישׁ וּבַקָּצִיר, תִּשְׁבֹּת.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
21 ἓξ ἡμέρας ἐργᾷ, τῇ δὲ ἑβδόμῃ καταπαύσεις· τῷ σπόρῳ καὶ τῷ ἀμήτῳ καταπαύσεις.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Ki Tisa
Sefer HaChinuch Number #112
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Seeds (Buch 7)
Section: The Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Systematic Category (P119f) Shemittah and Yovel