A correction. God only numbers the 49 years cycle from the first year they cultivated their land, not from the year they entered the promised land. Hope it is clear. I would think that the Jubilee cycle would start when the manna ceased to be given. Joshua 5:10-12 10 Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho. 11 And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and [a]parched grain, on the very same day. 12 Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year. This was right after they entered the Promised Land in 1406 BC. They were eating the produce of the land in 1406 BC. They were celebrating the Feasts that year. Therefore it is plausible that the Jubilee cycle started then. Food for thought, anyway. Leviticus 25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; 4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. "When you come into the land, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune the vineyard. But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land." God clearly stated that the counting of the sabbath begins with their cultivation on the land, not on the year the manna ceased. <p style="text-align: left;">The first sentence says, WHEN YOU COME INTO THE LAND...</p> The land was to keep it's sabbaths the very moment that the entrusted owner Israel entered the land. That year, according to most Bible scholars was 1406 BC. It doesn't matter who planted the crops. It was considered year one of the Jubilee. So, if 1406 BC is the first Jubilee then that would push the math back a year. They left Egypt in 1446 BC. They spent 41 years in wilderness ( 1 year in mount Sinai, 40 years in wilderness). 41 years from 1446 BC comes to 1405 BC. They entered the promised land in 1405 BC, not 1406 BC.
That indicates that when they entered the promised land, the Jubilee ordinance was now in effect.
