Mitzvah #288 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„The Sanhedrin must count seven groups of seven years“
Scripture Reference: LEV 25:8 (Torah Portion (Parashah): B'har)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
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.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ח וְסָפַרְתָּ לְךָ, שֶׁבַע שַׁבְּתֹת שָׁנִים--שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים, שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים; וְהָיוּ לְךָ, יְמֵי שֶׁבַע שַׁבְּתֹת הַשָּׁנִים, תֵּשַׁע וְאַרְבָּעִים, שָׁנָה.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
8 Καὶ ἐξαριθμήσεις σεαυτῷ ἑπτὰ ἀναπαύσεις ἐτῶν, ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἑπτάκις, καὶ ἔσονταί σοι ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάδες ἐτῶν ἐννέα καὶ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) B'har
Sefer HaChinuch Number #330
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Seeds (Buch 7)
Section: The Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Systematic Category (P119f) Shemittah and Yovel