Leviticus 25:3
1 Then the LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.
4 But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.
5 You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.
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
- For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.
- KJV
- Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
- WEB
- You shall sow your field six years, and you shall prune your vineyard six years, and gather in its fruits;
- ASV
- Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof;
- DARBY
- Six years shalt thou sow thy field, and six years shalt thou prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof,
- BLB
- Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather its fruit.
- ÅB
- I seks år skal du tilså din åker, og i seks år skal du stelle med din vingård og høste landets grøde.
- OTB
- I seks år kan du så dine marker og beskjære dine vingårder og samle inn deres avling,
- B1930
- I seks år skal du tilså din aker, og i seks år skal du stelle med din vingård og høste landets grøde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 23:10
For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
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