“For six years you shall sow your field…and gather in its fruits, but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD.” Leviticus 25:3-4a The purpose of the seventh year Sabbath was to provide rest for the land and to remind Israel that all that they needed was provided by the Lord. From this biblical Sabbath rest came the modern concept of the…

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