“When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of man,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the sons of Israel.

Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.”

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness of it,
The world, and those who dwell in it.

The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He has given to the children of men.

“Then it will sweep on into Judah; it will overflow and pass through [the hills],
Reaching even to the neck [of which Jerusalem is the head],
And its outstretched wings (the armies of Assyria) will fill the width of Your land, O Immanuel.

“I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to whomever pleases Me.

A sabbath

‘Then the land [of Israel] will enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies’ land; then the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.

“You shall sow your land six years and harvest its yield,

to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had restored its Sabbaths; for as long as the land lay desolate it kept Sabbath until seventy years were complete.

General references

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When you come into the land where you are to live, which I am giving you,

“Tell the Israelites, ‘When you cross the Jordan [River] into the land of Canaan,

“At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release (remission, pardon) from debt.