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“Tell the Israelites: When you come into the land I’m giving you, the land will celebrate a year to honor Yahweh. Then, for six years you may plant crops in your fields, prune your vineyards, and gather what they produce. However, the seventh year will be a festival year for the land. It will be a year to honor Yahweh. Don’t plant crops in your fields or prune your vineyards.

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“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord. For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.(A) But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest,(B) a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.(C)

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