Leviticus 19:25
23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
- KJV
- And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
- WEB
- In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am the LORD your God.
- ASV
- And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am Jehovah your God.
- DARBY
- and in the fifth year shall ye eat the fruit thereof, that it may increase unto you the produce thereof: I am Jehovah your God.
- BLB
- And in the fifth year you⁺ shall eat its fruit, to add to you⁺ its yield. I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.
- ÅB
- og først i det femte år kan dere spise deres frukt - for at de siden kan bære dess mere for dere; jeg er Herren deres Gud.
- OTB
- Men i det femte året kan dere spise frukten, så avkastningen kan øke for dere. Jeg er Herren deres Gud.
- B1930
- og først i det femte år kan I ete deres frukt - forat de siden kan bære dess mere for eder; jeg er Herren eders Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Haggai 1:9–11
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:3–4
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Read in contextHaggai 1:4–6
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 11:1–2
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Read in contextHaggai 2:18–19
Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.
Read in contextMalachi 3:8–10
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Read in contextProverbs 3:9–10
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
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