‘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, that is, forty-nine years.
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years, even forty-nine years.
- KJV And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
- BSB And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.
- NKJV ‘And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years.
- NLT “In addition, you must count off seven Sabbath years, seven sets of seven years, adding up to forty-nine years in all.
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Quick answer
Israel was to count seven sabbatical cycles, forty-nine years, leading up to the Jubilee. The Jubilee was carefully timed within God's calendar.
Overview
By counting seven cycles of seven years, Israel prepared for the fiftieth-year Jubilee. The deliberate reckoning showed that liberty and restoration were built into God's design for the nation. This sacred arithmetic set the stage for one of the Bible's most striking pictures of redemption and release.
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